So I finished the main attraction on "The Man made the Mountain" and the main thing I noticed while doing it was how many different ideas, concepts, and decisions I made about the piece. I made up my mind about the piece's purpose and changed it about twelve times throughout the long process of applying the detail, and to tell the truth I still haven't quite come up with the "ending." That said, I have developed quite the attachment to the rather forlorn looking "man", if you can call him that. For me, the placement of the eyes really gives off this extremely heavy, almost detached and introspective emotion. It turned from what was to be a glorious declaration of the power of the detail, to punch in the gut, leaving the detail as an ironic contradiction to the overall feeling of the piece. I am pleased with it at the moment, though I am unsure of what will happen next...six hours down...many to go.
made with acrylic paint, collage, molotow paint markers.
36x48"
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