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JustinChristenbery — Usual Grandeur
Published: 2009-06-14 22:08:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 6448; Favourites: 262; Downloads: 0
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12"x12"x1.5" acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvasI painted this in the middle of my most recent commission more to relax and not think about anything other than letting go of thinking. Interesting what happens through a cleared mind. This is more a sketch in concept to me, but I thought I'd share it with you guys since I'd sell it as is just like any other piece
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Wow. This is really cool and gorgeous to look at. Nicely done.
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again I love your color choices!!!! I can sit here and just name off so many colors!! wow breath taking!
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loved the colors , did u used special kind of knives?
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Nope...I used a fairly worn down filbert brush. #2 I believe it was.
Lots of paint squirted out straight onto the canvas, an even misting of water from a spray bottle, and maybe 15 drops of acrylic flow release medium. The trick is to not mix the colors so much that the brush strokes are lost, but enough to create depth w/ gradations.
Thx for commenting.
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Hi
I think this is a great painting in many ways. I am a art student at a swedish university. I would like to ask some question about your art. If that is something you would like to do, get back to me.
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Thank you- I'd be happy to answer any questions you have. Whenever you're ready, ask away
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It's very interesting. I like how the colors are able to stand out so well and how so places are more bold on color than others. These and your amazing skills at painting really help to make this picture work. I know that you didn't have much in mind when painting this, but to me it looks like a sunset on an ocean
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE the depth this painting has. Amazing!
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Oh these colours are so vibrant. I love it. It just calls out to me. I wish I were seeing this in person so I could feel the texture.
Love your method of blending on the canvas. And I love how this looks like a sunset over the ocean, but it could be abstract, as well.
Very well done!
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wow this is great!
the colors and the texture are eye grabbing
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i think if i were to frame this and hang it on my wall, it will catch the eye of many visitors. it's very beautiful and intriguing
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wow, you really know how to put together an eye catching piece. It looks so simple, but no one else could ever make a replica. Beautiful work
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i really love your work.. you are truely talented and im so jealous
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Jealousy *can* be a great place to find the motivation to improve...I do it constantly in galleries, museums, and even here at deviantArt and elsewhere on the net. Simply believe in your own ability and start digging in. If you believe in yourself with all you have and keep at it, I promise you will surpass those who once impressed you(though you're also guaranteed to find new and even greater influences
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Eruption of Pompeii..
Course everything of yours reminds me of something else. Its very beautiful. I would comment more but I am feeling horribly melodramatic today. Probably not the best time to finally sit and comment.
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lol, I can certainly understand that and will not complain...much...about your not-quite-long-enough comment
Feel Better
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Painting to let go of thought is always a good idea - at least for me. There is a beautiful flow about this piece.
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Agreed...thanks for looking and Seeing
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the colors caught my eye....also the content of sky
water is always a very soothing concept...
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Thankyou...and I agree, they lend themselves very readily to any mood and when undertaken with a genuine desire to express one's Self they are very rich visual metaphors.
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I like the way the bands of colour seem to generate ambiguous space, so that the image can seen in a number of different ways, as referencing sea or sky of land.
Brilliant composition
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Thankyou much for looking and commenting- my apologies for the delayed response, as I always greatly appreciate your comments and insight. The generated space you mention is definitely my favorite aspect of this piece as I was nearly taken aback when, after letting it dry for a couple days, I returned to look at it and saw it as the image it has become instead of the fairly flat and abstract "bands of color" I remembered laying down when I painted it.
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You're welcome.
It's interesting to hear from other artists how their work evolves. Words, for me,often have similarly unexpected properties.
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