Cowboy songs and sea shanties collided this week; a strange combination of land and sea. While cowboys control vast herds, sailors confront a power much stronger than their own. However, in my mind there is a link to the places that are the background to the songs we listened to this week. The sea and the great plains seem like strange and lonely environments and to me the songs provide a way of dealing with this loneliness, as well as an aid to their singers' works.
I wanted to create a painting of two contrasting parts, as I saw the separated environments of land and sea. However, I tried to give a sense of continuity in the repeating form of the circle. I'm satisfied with this painting to a point. While I like the strong black against orange of the desert half of the painting, I would like to work further upon the sea's colours. The top of this painting is at the moment too unresolved for me - the form needs to be less confused and more defined.
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