This was just SO much fun to create :)
I wanted it to be colourful and to have a mischievious childlike fun element to it... something that would catch the eye with its quirkiness and encourage the viewer to stop and think... to not accept anything as given but to question everything just as Ted is doing.
Ona, I've been watching this each step of the way that you've posted and I am quite captivated by it.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about the rules of shows, but I love the unusual matting treatment.
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Thank you Vicki. I'm glad you find it interesting and that you love the matting idea too. I will definitley display it like this locally. I'm not sure about larger exhibitions though :)
ReplyDeleteHi Ona, I find your compositions compelling! I wonder about the tilting. My first thought was wondering how it would look if the framer tilted the mat only, so the frame would be "normal". Don't know if that would work. Otherwise, perhaps an inquiry with an exhibition chair might get it hung as you desire. It's pretty powerful as it is with a landscape orientation too!
ReplyDeleteThat was what I was thinking of doing Peggy, traditional frame but just wonky matting. It does work in landscape though and this would be a safer option
ReplyDeleteI love this, Ona. I really prefer the tilted mat. I will say looking at is quite disorienting but that's the whole idea, right?
ReplyDeleteI think these are all amazing! Your work is so creative and so beautifully rendered! I love all of it!
ReplyDeleteAnother stunning work of art Ona. I love the tilted mat. I think it works a treat.
ReplyDeleteTotally creative and so playful! wonderfully painted ofcourese :)
ReplyDeleteYes Billie, it is. I really wanted the viewer to experience the feeling and to question ... Glad it works :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Meera, Pene and Katherine
Ona this work is wonderful it's inventive, it's imagineative, it's great.
ReplyDeleteBy all means Mat the art any way you like it.
I think. Using a mat at an angle adds.to the.overall design . It should not be a show problem if the inside window is at an angle as long as the outside measurements are rectangular . Good luck I hope.you win an award for.this one! Elise
Definitely hang it tilted and without a white mat. :-) No harm in asking re larger exhibitions.
ReplyDeleteHowever you frame it, it will be awesome. I think it would make a great puzzle. Have you ever approached a puzzle manufacturer?
ReplyDeleteHello Ona:) Congratulations on your finished painting. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your ideas and comments :)
ReplyDeleteYour blog has left me breathless! Your work is fantastic! I've become a follower, I hope you don't mind.
ReplyDeleteThis picture would work even if you hung it upside down. Conventional frame and tilted mat would certainly set the mood for studying the detail.
I love the spinning wheel picture, with the mother-of-all holding the two maidens and spinner. I've made a spinning wheel and recently posted photographs
Thank you John. I will have to go looking for your spinning wheel photographs :)
ReplyDeleteWow! Wonderful. This one is fantastic and the idea is very unique actually.
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