This piece is based off of a great documentary by Werner Herzog (best narrator ever) "The Cave of Forgotten Dreams" which centers around the oldest cave paintings known to man, located in a cave in France. Much like the piece"Now that I'm Older" I was inspired by the aesthetics of the paintings and, in this case, I actually sought to imitate the subject matter.
The piece has a very subdued palette for the most part, using washes and smears for most of the color splotches, and I think that gives it a much less "finished" feeling. It's almost a quick sketch, meant to be revisited. I also am really drawn to the lack of depth...and least in the perspective sense of depth. The way that everything lays one a very similar plane..,
As with most of my work, I try to connect everything through the human experience. Either through using old subjects or being inspired by universal ideas, and "bison" are something that seem to have come up a few times over the last year. I think both the simplicity of the form and the iconic status in both environmental and spiritual senses draws me to them...and I believe, at least in the few tries I've given, they help to create some very powerful pieces that succeed in linking the modern and past people together in some form...
here are the other two I can think of off the top of my head...
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| No Red Sky or Bright Sunrise |
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| The Buffalo Run |
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