After finishing this pencil outline a month ago, I spent all of my early-morning-one-hour-pre-work-sessions struggling with another Romare Bearden piece, Circe, 1977. I think I now understand why it took me over two weeks despite the fact that it’s all flat shapes that comprise the female form, but I’ll start painting and posting that soon. […]
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May
20
Poseidon
posted by moonminded
My morning obsession of the past week: The Sea God, 1977, from a compilation of Romare Bearden’s collage interpretations of Homer’s epic. The underlying grid and the bold shapes and colors scratch a deep itch in my brain. I actually was writing early morning letters two Saturdays ago and pulled out stamps I’ve had for some […]
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