October 12, 2009

I think I am loosing it...

I think I'm loosing my sanity... In art sometimes it's a good thing, I think...
The other day I saw on my husband's laptop a wonderful painted portrait in blues. As I was not sitting directly in front of the monitor I leaned closer to the screen to find out who was the artist. What I discovered was funny - it was a map displaying the area between west Europe and the East cost of the US and Canada. I am probably becoming delusional...
Anyway, after I managed to stop laughing I drew quickly the image I saw before it faded away.
Here it is:


I couldn't wait to start mosaicing it. I thought about doing it with marble and natural colors but by the time I finished the face it looked like fur instead of skin. The marble had too many shades in it. So I restarted the whole piece. I am planning to have it 50x60 cm (20"x24"). Here it is:

10 comments:

  1. Irit...you really make me laugh! I love how you started this entry. I feel that way all the time. Especially when I'm working on faces! I often think that the skin looks like fur in my drawing/sketches too! Funny.
    Nice start on this mosaic...I like the blue.

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  2. I'm sitting at work and received an e-mail with the word "blog" in and thought to myself, I have to see the latest from Irit. It's always a pleasure to hear what you have to say. I often have inspiring moments just like you described for your new piece (sometimes funny and sometimes serious). Thanks for sharing your process.

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  3. That was so funny when you discovered what was actually on the laptop! Portrait working out nicely...

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  4. Thanks for the comments Dannette and Anonymous.

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  5. lol So funny. Yes, I see ocean and a wonderful start!

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  6. Thanks Carol, can you see the ships as well...

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  7. Irit, your blogs are a sort of art as well, like your paintings and mosaics. I'm often intrigued, and always find myself wandering, when I read your posts.

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