New Abstract Painting

Girl with Fish

Close up detail

I really love abstract art (that's probably why I like creating fractals) so I decided to take this a bit further with my acrylic paints. During my University days I had to create lots of backgrounds for my art so I tried frottage (which I still love), acrylic paint dragging, watercolours etc etc. but mark making, texture and acrylics has always been my thing. What I really love about abstracts is that I have no idea how they are going to turn out. I love this way of working and often see characters and forms appearing in my work. It's hard to decide what to keep and what should go. This is my first abstract piece as a painting in it's own right. It was totally freestyle and I had no idea where it was going until a landscape started to form so I just went with it and developed it further. Putting titles to my work is a challenge as everyone sees something different in abstract work, but I see a Girl on the right with a blue face and yellow dress carrying a huge mammal like fish on her shoulder, so there it is Girl with Fish. I have another 3 abstracts that are drying at the moment. I'll post pictures of those in another blog, they have lots of doodle elements in them.