SPIRIT OF ENDURING HOPE

2016 Leftovers & Palette Gremlins Week 47

SPIRIT OF ENDURING HOPE (2016), Acrylic on Mat Board - 12" x 9"

I turned a smear of paint on my drawing table cover into a tree. Other marks suggested rocks and became an island to which I added a figure. I started to paint in clouds but stopped because the image was getting boring.

It called for something else, but I didn't have a clue what. Cthulhu rising? A dragon?

Experimental marks in cobalt blue applied to work in progress

In search of further inspiration, I dropped a rag smeared with cobalt blue paint onto the scrap of matboard and took a quick shot of it with my phone.

I wasn't entirely happy with the mark the rag made, but I went ahead and painted what was suggested by the random mark, a floating female figure and a symbolic element composed of Gingko leaves in a circle.

Additional images from SPIRIT OF ENDURING HOPE

Paint marks on cover over my drafting table and a detail shot of the marks developing into the scene

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