For this I chose the colors I wanted to use, the 2 oranges and the blue and just cut and arranged until something spoke to me. When I thought it was done I spotted the lime green fabric and just knew I had to add it to that corner.
As usual it needs quilting, right now it is just fused together, quilting will more than likely be echo quilting in each shape and possibly a simple linear quilting for the background. I wanted to get this posted now though since I have a mystery quilt that needs to be cut out in the next 3 days.
After finishing this I was looking for a title so decided to see what each color meant.
Oddly they all represent aspects of ME...so this has become an abstracted self portrait, no wonder I had to use these colors!
I enjoyed the challenge of this challenge and may, when I have more time, explore color field art further :-D
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Cathy... this is very pleasing to the eye.. the time-tested colors of blue and orange work well together... that hint of chartruese is perfect! I am not able to critique this because I don't understand it well enough, but from what I have seen... or haven't.. I think what you have in mind for quilting will work. It would be great on canvas! Still can be, too...
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Cathy, for being confused you certainly have been able to move ahead. Can't really critique it for it's value as a color field piece but it is very effective in it's eye appeal.
ReplyDeleteI love your use of colors in this piece and can certainly see the butterfly a flutter...to me it is abstract and I'm guessing from what I read that color field is 'rather' abstract or maybe not??. Like the others it is hard to critique as far as the challenge, but having said that I love your piece! Lot's of movement and sense of happiness in this piece. Good for you jumping in and giving it a go. Great work Cathy.
ReplyDeleteRhoda, that's what I noticed while looking around. Some color field pieces were just a solid colored canvas with a thin strip of a different color, others were more abstract forms of landscapes, people etc..some were like Pollock's, some plain to the point of being boring. Some with crisp edges, some blobby..LOL Nothing in common in any of them really, which made this art form (for me anyways) so hard to grasp!
ReplyDeleteCarole, blue and orange is my favorite color combo :-D I thought a plain quilting would make it look more *painterly*!
Marilyn, thanks! Eye appeal is a good thing :-D
Uh-Oh...you used my colors, lol. This was my palette for most of last year. I see an oriental garden more than butterflies. Nice job, I love the use of varied scale. What would happen if you took some of the reds all the way to the edge of the composition?
ReplyDeleteI love the butterfly concept, and the colours, but I've to admit that the yellow square catalyzes my attention, preventing my eye from look around freely.
ReplyDeleteMay be a quilting motif that cross the square can dampen this effect.
What if you quilt the piece with a contrasting colour?
Cathy, I think you have answered the challenge admirably. IMHO it is on the mark. I agree with the comment above that says our eye really goes directly to the yellow, but perhaps that's what you want. It is an effective interesting piece. And then it became a self-portrait. Good job!
ReplyDeleteI really like your color choice, but agree that the eye does go to the yellow square. However, it doesn't stop there and moves around the piece. The shapes emphasize the flatness of the piece which will probably be enhanced by the linear quilting which you said you will do.
ReplyDeleteHi Cathy, good for you for jumping in on this challenging challenge...lots of moving outside our comfort zones. I do like the colors, though I do have a comment about using saturated pure hues. Using all pure hues (versus tints, tones and shades with white, gray or black added to the pure hue) can create a problem with emphasis/focus. High intensity colors can be exciting, but they compete for attention when all are high intensity. Would it be more interesting to use a blackened blue and an olive green? Just a thought
ReplyDeleteGood job on the composition!
Cynthia
I really like your color choice and pallet. I'm eager to see this piece quilted. I think that will add a bit more depth.
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