tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post4450490670461508385..comments2024-03-28T06:33:54.252-04:00Comments on Studio and Garden: A New Painting: "Orange Figures"Altoon Sultanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-54074217155595592312010-11-16T09:49:32.854-05:002010-11-16T09:49:32.854-05:00thank you, rappel and Julie, for your interesting ...thank you, rappel and Julie, for your interesting reading of this painting; it really enriches my work to have this input. I love the Roger Brown reference. <br />I guess that sexuality does creep in here; after all, those turgid phallic forms...Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-60132036054214179982010-11-16T09:18:14.966-05:002010-11-16T09:18:14.966-05:00Nice and lightly comic...my reading is a bit diffe...Nice and lightly comic...my reading is a bit different and I find the symbolism perhaps a bit sexual. There is that strong light source casting the bolt's sharp shadow.<br />Reminds me a bit of early Roger Brown.Julie Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668542359534413638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-82899616562944014632010-11-16T07:45:16.599-05:002010-11-16T07:45:16.599-05:00it was well worth the trouble - a surprisingly sur...it was well worth the trouble - a surprisingly surreal / witty yet minimal painting. I read that little bolt as a mediator, a fulcrum, a conscience, a voice of sanity...rappelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03569445602513667186noreply@blogger.com