Acrylic on Canvas (44.5" H x 21.5")
use of, not squirted but gently assisted flow drip directed onto wet acrylic background. I've wanted to do an abstract that wasn't too busy, a work with an elegant and simple vibe, with a pleasant and relaxing flow. And this composition worked out well for a crooked canvas I made out of chopped up plywood and left over canvas. I was in a very "must recycle" everything mode then and using up stuff from left overs and what other students threw away was also a good way to save up drinking money
Artistic statement: Early in '07 I was helping out a good friend with her antenatal classes during her first trimester and since her boyfriend wasn't involved in the pregnancy I'd accompany her to said antenatal classes, checkups etc. On one such occasion, one of the women brought along her 6 year old son who started to ask questions about how babies are made and about conception. It was amusing how the mother right off the top of her head weaved a metaphorical story that would put the birds and bees connotation to shame. She started off by saying that every mommy has a sort of flower between her legs and and the daddy has sort of a bee between his, the bee dances around the flower and eventually enters the flower to lay an egg and that egg grows inside the flower and turns into a boy or girl.
The whole story and the way she told it (with a humming song and dance, moms are awesome) was so amusing to me that when I got home I was compelled to visualize it as I saw it in my minds eye. I used the motif's of the flower and the sperm dancing about trying to get into the partial abstracted flower ovule in the left bottom corner. Tried to incorporate the bee's motif but I felt it would make the painting too busy.
p.s the mommy with the curious young lad was tickled to see her story materialized when i showed it to her the next day
