Music 3 (Feathers and Family)

Music 3 (Feathers and Family) 12 x 24 Mixed Media on Deep, Gallery Wrapped Canvas

I have been busy in my studio over the weekend completing a couple of paintings. This is one, and I will show you more as the week goes on.

The CD I listened to for this painting was a German Band, Die Zimmermaenner. I am not a speaker of German, so many of the words made no sense to me. The music sounded like people skipping through the park...thus the smaller canvas and lighter lines...with feathers. On this particular CD, there is a song where there are some English words spoken (not sung) by a man with a very deep voice. He says, over and over, "Mama, Baby, Joe". It is a very odd song to my English ears, but it is very catchy, too.

The painting is done with acrylics. I had begun with a base painting (click on the painting to see more) I thought would be the way I would go with this. But when I began to add glazes over it, I really liked the way it began to look, so I added the rice paper "feather" blocks and the feather like gestural mark and liked it a lot better.

I also give my apologies for not including a link to the group, however I am unable to locate a web site. If anyone knows of a web site, please let me know and I will include it.

What have you been working on lately? Let me know what you think of this one.

Note: I have been told this band actually does have a good site on MySpace, so try this link. Thanks Elizabeth for letting me know.