Monday, June 25, 2012

New Moon - Walking Rain





When I was in the library recently, I found a big fat book on Romare Bearden. He was an exemplary artist and human being, his work is deeply intelligent, inventive and compassionate.
So, I decided to break from painting and do some collage, see if I learned anything from the master. New Moon is the first, simple effort. It's become much crazier, I`ll post some soon.
My friend, the poet Maureen Doallas, asked me if I`d submit a painting and a poem of my choosing for a feature in the online poetry magazine Tweetspeak. For some reason I chose this watercolor from 30 years ago. In New Mexico you can see storms far in the distance, there's nothing in the way. The Native Americans called this 'walking rain'. I couldn`t come up with a poem, so she wrote one in response to the painting. And invited others to do the same. Some did. It was a very cool experience.
watermedia collage on Yupo 6"x6"
watercolor on paper 14"x11"

6 comments:

Sheila Vaughan said...

Randall, really interesting to see your latest developments especially in terms of the water colours and the collage. New Moon is a lovely piece. I'll keep popping by to see progress!

Roxanne said...

New Moon is an exquisite work.

Maureen said...

Romare Bearden is one of my favorite artists. I can say unequivocally that I love his work. So pleased you've discovered him and trying collage.

Thank you for allowing us to use "Walking Rain". It sparked comments on FB, too.

Ruth Armitage said...

Beautiful work, old & new. I thoroughly enjoyed the poetry that was inspired by your painting too! Thank you for sharing...

Dana S. Whitney said...

I saw "New Moon" on Daily Painters... what an arresting array of shapes and tones. Will look at some of your "regular" work next!

kate said...

Elegant.