I know what I like about Sandy Fisher's paintings ~ the color changes! I have her Desert Bloom
But I just thought I liked the colors. It's the color changes! Sandy pointed that out on the FB page. Both in a family, as this one, or contrasting as in this one
another denizen of the desert. Agave.
It starts out like this:
with a contrasting under painting and then she builds up all the color changes and depth.
Fantastic.
I have something that plays around in my mind ~ my ribbony flames, like my paleo horse painting, Flickers.
I go round and round with the name. Sometimes Flickering Flames, Dancing Flames, even Flicka, a play on the horse and the flames. Flicka means girl.
It all stems from a painting that used to hang over the fireplace in the Den at Blackburn. It wormed it's way into my brain and now it wants out.
Taking Sandy's color changes in mind, two close colors next to each other can be luminous, like a peacock feather. Say blue and green, or blue and purple. Blue and red making purple. Movement to fool the eye.
So I think I'm working my self around to a series of mini-tapestries (or they'll never get finished) That play with all these effects.
