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Finally, West

Lauren Elyse S. October 23, 2017
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So I've been back in California a few months but I feel like I've just gotten here as I'm only now finding time to create. Finally being able to get this painting onto canvas after thinking about it for a year and a half has been a relief.

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Today's effort. A lot more drama and refining of overall shape (almost too much, time to losen it back up.) Next step is a bunch of thumbnails to map out the entire color patterning of this project to make sure it's not too commanding overall but believable. If you swipe you'll see this piece tiled to give you and idea of what I'm working on. One of my greatest loves is Mughal art & architecture. I've been deeply interested in Indian art and culture since I was a kid thanks to movies like 94's Jungle Book and A Little Princess (the cinematography and sets in both films are mind meltingly good.) After rewatching Jungle Book the other day I spoted a scene half way through the film of a room lit entirely with candles nestled into gridded wall cutouts. Try as I might I've not been able to find a clear photo or screen grab of this set, (designed by Crispian Sallis) but I'm determined to recreate that candled wall in tromp l'oeil. (Also, If you're an epic image finder, let a girl know what you dig up.) It's going to take lots of studies and reworking of ideas to get a believable grid of 12 paintings to look like a wall illuminated by candles in a carved stone wall, but I'm so excited about it. If you swipe through you'll also see a snap from the film and the first and second color studies that led to this one. I'm circling getting it right these but I'm not there yet. . . . . . #painting #colorstudy #candlepainting #tromploeil #laurenelyseart #mughalarchitecture
Question. Which works better, right or left? Lots of experiments. It's been a long time since I've A) had ideas for paintings flowing into my mind so often and so easily & B) allowed myself to loosen up and fail to get where I want to go. These first two paintings are me working out ideas for a large project piece that I'll explain once I get to a place where I think the paintings are starting to work, but it felt good to not be so precious about the end result because, I'll get there. This one's going to take a lot of trial and error since I have no reference photos to work from from the original source of inspiration. And with that abstract figurative piece I'm working on (swipe) I'm really loving deconstructing things so that they visually read as what they are but I'm pulling back on laying down tons of information with paint where I can. This one is going to end as a big experiment in style moving forward. I like working this way, I think it's how painting and creating should be approached, guiltless trial and error. (The glossy veneer of social media makes you feel like shit about not producing and sharing beautiful perfection each post, and often, I'm ready to say fuck that.) . . . . . #painting #wip #candlepainting #mugalarchitecture #abstractart #trompeloeil #eroticart #abstractfigurative #laurenelyseart
On the easel today, a color study waiting for paint from a new project I can't wait to get rolling and the second phase of this one on the right. It's taken some time but ideas are finally free flowing and I feel more fluid in my studio practice again. (Whew.) . . . . . #painting #wip #eroticart #candle #colorstudy #laurenelyseart #artcollector #contemporaryart
The story so far on this as a painting. I tried to make a mustard yellow work (if you saw the very beginnings of this in my stories yesterday) but ended up pushing it into a variation of my favorite complimentary color scheme: red/green. It's putting up suuuuuuch a fight, but I'm happy with where this background is at so onto the relaxing-ish part. . It's funny, I look at other artist's work all the time with color schemes I absolutely adore, but if I use the same palette it just doesn't feel right in my hands, as a part of my work. I keep trying to push out from the heavy blues, purples, and greens I default back to constantly, I'll have to get into some color exercises to be more fluid. . . . . . . #wip #painting #eroticart #abstractfigurative #contemporaryart #laurenelyses #laurenelyseart

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