First few brush strokes.
Tricia Cottrell: The Abyss in progress (2014)
Photograph: Tricia Cottrell (2014)
A bit more contrast of dark and light.
Tricia Cottrell: The Abyss in progress (2014)
Photograph: Tricia Cottrell (2014)
I’m pleased with the stormy sky but the landscape needs some work.
Tricia Cottrell: The Abyss in progress (2014)
Photograph: Tricia Cottrell (2014)
Changes to the landscape, what a DISASTER!
Definitely need to change that!
Tricia Cottrell: The Abyss in progress (2014)
Photograph: Tricia Cottrell (2014)
Lots of painting out and repainting and I feel I’m getting closer to what I envisioned.
Tricia Cottrell: The Abyss in progress (2014)
Photograph: Tricia Cottrell (2014)
Pleased with the waterfall and the figure but I think that the river needs changing so that it seems to disappear into the distance.
Tricia Cottrell: The Abyss in progress (2014)
Photograph: Tricia Cottrell (2014)
Tricia Cottrell: The Abyss (2014)
Photograph: Tricia Cottrell (2014)
This is it, the finished painting. I think that it reflects what I set out to achieve. The insignificance of the figure, alone in the vastness of the landscape, on the edge of the abyss and possible oblivion, the turbulent waters below…waiting….
Take a closer look…
This quote by Friedrich Nietzsche was hanging outside Room 1, when I came back from the library on Friday, I thought it worth including.
“When you gaze long into the abyss the abyss also gazes into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche.
