I decided to do this after Jolene’s last post in which she was using toilet paper as a medium for her ATC’s (Artist Trading Cards). I really liked the way her colours worked out and I saw something dark in her little pocket sized pieces of art.
I suppose some folks might consider this plagiaristic in some sense, although I don’t personally see it that way. Certainly the image I’ve created contains elements from Jolene’s paintings, although I have used toilet paper in paintings previously (admittedly not to the same extent). I heard this quote the other day though, and I’ve heard it before, although I can’t remember where:
… every artist is a cannibal, every poet a thief …
I suppose the notion being that there is no such thing as an original idea, only an amalgam of other ideas. Certainly my inspiration here comes from somewhere different than Jolene’s.
The painting was done on a 12″x12″ canvas layered with loo roll and partly sculpted/molded to generate the raised area, this was overpainted with watercolours and later dry brushed with acrylics.
Tags: abstract, acrylic, art, dark, paint, painting, red, water colour
