Below is my submission, Fantasia, for the theme "Metamorphosis: The Art of Transformation"
⠀⠀This artwork represents my experimentation, for the first time, using bleeding tissue papers to substitute for paints and sewing threads to create subtle linework. Essentially,
it’s a new form of collage work for me.
⠀⠀I enhanced the composition by dropping ink spots and collaging on circular papers, along with adding some linework with black markers.
The abstracted nature scene evolved in an “alla prima” manner, without any pre-planning (another experimentation for me, as I usually work from sketches or photos).
This is the first time I composed the suggestion of a nature scene so startling different from the greens/yellow/blues I normally use.
⠀⠀More than just turning a painting on its side or upside down to get new perspectives,
this unique experiment has opened up a new avenue—a new challenge—for me. And that is to express the sublime possibilities of the ordinary through use of unconventional materials, trusting intuition, and seeing the work develop with a uniquely different creative lens.
⠀⠀Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, described the visual process in his book The Art of Seeing – detailing his efforts to overcome a degenerative eye condition and see more clearly.
⠀⠀His first stage of clear vision, to Sense, means physical visual perception without mental processing. Light enters your eyes so you may see objects around you.
⠀⠀The second stage, to Select, means that you isolate a particular element in your field of vision – out of all the possibilities. When you select, you engage more fully than merely looking. You begin to classify what you see (e.g. confusing, known, exciting, honest, etc.).
⠀⠀The third stage of clear vision, to Perceive, means you must try to make sense of what you select. You are finding meaning and not merely observing. If an image becomes more meaningful, it is likely to stimulate deeper engagement, intellectually and emotionally, arousing a sense of belonging to the artwork…and the artwork belonging to you.
What do you see in artwork that calls to you?
