All the new apartments in New York city have one thing in common , clean lines. I decided to do a painting of a wall in our old house in Marrakech.A simple realistic picture of light on a white plaster wall. A 500 year old mud brick riad has no straight walls or square corners. I thought this would be an easy painting but.......
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| the first attempt was a disaster - It looked like cheap wall paper in an Earls Court bedsit |
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| try again |
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| this time I used a trowel to apply the paint |
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| it was beginning to look like the real thing, sort of real abstract |
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| Add a couple of lines for cracks and it looked even better |
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| some shadows and it was finished "Marrakech shadow wall " on paper |
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| another real abstract on paper "64-11" "I don't know why I never painted an abstract painting . It's so easy" Andy Warhol |
That is one impressive wall.
ReplyDeleteWow. Who knew that a wall in an ancient home could be so interesting. Cracked plaster takes many shapes. Great idea for a minimalist painting.
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