Cracked Open; 9 x 12; oil on panel
Although another larger piece is on the easel, today I felt the need to paint something I could finish in one session. I painted my first egg way back in art school for a design assignment titled "The Container and the Contained." If not the most brilliant idea, it was at least completely original at the time. Ironic that eggs have since become a rather popular subject in the daily painting movement. It's also kind of interesting to compare one's treatment of the same subject over a long period of time. This one is slightly freer than the watercolor egg in my blog header, but I'd like it to be far looser.
"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary...Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important."--Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford University commencement address
Pretty good advice for artists of all types on this sad day, I think.
The Container and the Contained, 1978; watercolor, 13.5" x 12"
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love both eggs, but better the egg bellow.
I really like them all, Connie. In fact, the one from 1978 is very eye-catching. The newest is my favorite, of course!
Thanks so much for your comments. There was another one along the way I never photographed--a large pastel I donated to the Channel 6 Art Auction several years ago. I think it sold for $400.
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