This is the first in a series of "geological" paintings. I won't even attempt to catagorize it except to say that it is abstracted reality. Of course, many would say that all abstract art starts with something, therefore, all abstract art is abstracted reality. Problem solved... I am very intrigued by what lies beneath us. One of my favorite movies as I was growing up, was "Journey To the Center of the Earth" (the original one with Pat Boone). I still like to explore caves and look at rocks and wonder about their journey. Underground rivers or aquifers are very interesting to me. Some of them are very large and flow for great distances before erupting from the earths surface as a spring of what is usually very fresh and pure water. Somehow they remind me of the earths arterial system if you can image that. (Hmmmmm... Living water??) For those who are interested, this piece was created using a sponge to apply the color field, a small squeeze bottle for the cracks and a small foam brush to "dab" in the metallic jewels under the water. The water was poured onto the panel in layers to create a more organic look though it is hard to see the layers in this photo. The painting is coated with two layers of liquitex acrylic gloss varnish.
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