Scarlet Vessel, hand dyed wool on linen, 10 x 10 inchesI completed Scarlet Vessel a couple of days ago. When I started it, I thought that the color might be too strident, but I ended by liking it, with the greenish yellow taking a bit of a back seat to the red. The bulging lean of the red shape adds some movement, a figurative allusion, a touch of humor perhaps?
When I opened your blog and saw Scarlet Vessel, I squealed with delight! Julia
ReplyDeleteon my screen, the greenish yellow doesn't know if it wants to squeeze the scarlet or be squeezed by it. likewise the scarlet. this active conversation of parts tells and retells an infinite story....
ReplyDeleteIt's eye popping In-your-face, or rather At-your-feet!
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thanks all! I love the active descriptions: squealing and squeezing and popping.
ReplyDeleteThe flowers of the red maple are just these colors -- the match is amazing.
ReplyDeleteSusan, so that's what all those little red flowers are that I see strewn on the forest floor right now; I knew they were from a tree, but I had no idea which one. Thanks for the tip; I'll look at them more closely.
ReplyDeleteYes! though I meant to say the color match is better with the female flowers, and those don't drop off -- it's the spent male ones all over the ground. You have to hunt to find female flowers low enough to see, but they are lovely and worth it, with the little wings starting to stick out. They bloom way before the other maples, which won't be out till the leaves are coming out.
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