Darts of Pleasure 0:08

acrylic on canvas

The proposal:

Beauty, whether seen on the surface of a pretty person, or inside like a selfless action by a stranger can be appreciated by everyone. However, some of the prettiest things of all, in my opinion, are the ones that take an extra second of observation and thought to appreciate. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, and what I plan to show in this painting is the beauty of shapes. I’ve always liked the concept of when approaching a painting, to look at the subject matter abstractly, as a combination of many unique shapes of different colors, values and textures. Some of the technology today does beautiful things, the painting I plan do would be an image from a compressed video such as ones you see on Youtube.com. When enlarged, those videos are essentially made up of large shapes of different colors and values moving around on the computer screen, which we take in as a kind of reality. Since this is a painting, I will pause an image of a video that I find interesting shapes and colors. I believe that the subject matter will not be important essentially, but just a vehicle for me to find an aesthetically pleasing arrangement of these shapes and colors. Just as although Monet painted haystacks and the Rouen cathedral, his real interest was the light and colors.

just a launch pad, it felt nice to be able to make a concept i was interested in, and make something out of it. I might do some more of these in the future, like i said its more of a launching pad for many other ideas, but i want to do something more instinctive next time.