“Afloat” Image. Ceres Gallery. New York. Solo Show.
One of my drawing teachers in art school told us to turn our papers upside down to check the composition of a drawing. Or to look in a mirror, holding the piece. That this would help us see what was needed to make the drawing work. Of course, we would turn it right side up to finish and present it for criticism.
Well, the piece shown above was framed wrong. It was framed not upside down but rotated to one side. I decided to leave it that way. And to continue on. After all, if the composition is sound, it works. Right? Maybe not as well as it would have. But as I said, I have to move on.
Hollis Hildebrand-Mills 
What an interesting mix of images. Looks like someone’s veggie bin exploded all over and dove into your piece! I love the startling nature of these pieces. Anything but straightforward. Are those cherry tomatoes?
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Yes. Thanks for the compliments! They are startling, aren’t they?
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I appreciate the obvious freedom you feel to simply express. I am moving more and more in that direction. I have painted a few pieces recently that are moving my work in that direction. One posted last week and one I will be posting soon. I’m inspired by your work.
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Wow! Thank you!
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You’re welcome! I’m glad I found your site.
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A lot of my reflection shots are turned upside down in the final version.
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Now that you mention it, I can see that!
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Funny if you asked me I’d guess it was originally parsnips along the bottom. But the direction of the writing suggests parsnips along the top.
Weren’t you hopping mad when it turned up like this??
If you hadn’t said, I wouldn’t have noticed though.
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Yes, I was, but I had had an experience recently, where a piece of mine actually fell from the museum wall and was damaged and the curator hung it back on the wall upside down! Now that was hopping mad. This,I took in stride! (amidst 100)! Denise, you are a jewel!
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