My latest “Work of Art,” along with creative submissions from several others, is now on the Work of Art blog. Thank you again, Lindsey, for providing this forum, because it’s inspiring to see what people do with the challenges.
The challenge: Create a piece of work that is reflective of your experience(s) driving through the streets of your home city.
Houston, Texas
Materials: Acrylic, glue, ink, and four 2.3-inch canvases on one 18×14-inch canvas.
Statement: No matter where I am inside my adopted city, or coming home to it, my heart lifts EVERY time I see the downtown skyline. I love the skyscrapers and the colors of Houston’s parks and landscaping which are visible year-round. I’m a five-minute drive from downtown, a five-minute drive from several fantastic parks, and as if that’s not enough, I’m less than a ten-minute drive from the works of many of my favorite artists. I’ve tried to mimic some of their canvases here. I never dreamed I’d live where city streets could take me to Rothko, Picasso, Braque, Pollock, Monet, Van Gogh, Ensor, Mondrian, Newman, Cézanne, Magritte, Jasper Johns, Klein, Miró–a visual feast.
I love the texture & colors of this piece!
Thanks!
That most certainly is creative – especially the pastiche of some of your favourite artists; that was a wonderful inspiration.
Before I enlarged the picture, I thought they were more of your “colour squares”, but as soon as I saw the “Monet” I realised what the others were, too. Creative, indeed!
How nice to be given the chance to celebrate your home city in this way.
Thank you very much. It was a fun challenge this week. =)
I think that this piece was incredibly well done, Becky. I love the textures in it!
Thank you, Josh!
I know I’ve said it before, but I love the way you use
textures. I love the thick feel of the piece.
Thank you. =)
Skyline art
Awesomeness… pure awesomeness
Re: Skyline art
Thank you very much!