Progress Week 13

I've managed to finish my work on the All Seeing Eye piece in time for the critique last Monday; and have started my painting on my tribute to the Southwest.  The Southwest piece I am leaving at the studio to work on in class.  I have prepared the last board, have it drawn and have started painting it.  This work I am leaving at home to work on.   I was pleased with the Eye piece when it was completed and the other two paintings I've commented on previously.  All have been a very creative and outside the box adventure for me.  It was fun, original, and lastly, a lot of rewarding hard work.  I hope the last two will also be even more fun and more rewarding.  As I have noted previously, I was impressed by  Albers work.  His simplicity of form and his use of coloration appeals to me greatly.  I enjoy all art at some level, but I am drawn to simplicity the more time passes.  Maybe, I just think that not everything about life should be a struggle and should have a degree of contentedness.  I have always been drawn to the Impressionists and their gauze-like depictions of Paris life and the effort to prettify the everyday.  I remember seeing the tour of Monet's Giverny art works and thinking how Eden-like and lovey this place seemed to be.  I will always have that impression in my mind.  Now that my two reports are complete, I will continue to be reminded by the articles that art can be an escape from the turmoils of life and that going with the flow of your feelings can lead to the production of a piece you can enjoy and be pleased with.  The progress pictures will follow.