How I Discovered My Love for Hot Pink

I really wish I could find the picture that inspired me to try painting again - because my version turned out so differently that what I was originally aiming for. The painting (and now that I think about it, it could have been some abstract wallpaper) had these really vivid colors and the stripes were funnel shaped all the way across the canvas. While I think that description is inadequate at best, here is my interpretation without further ado:

Anyone who has been to my house knows that I'm not afraid of color. Lots and lots of bright, vivid, in-your-face color. So far when I try to paint with all of that color by the time I'm done with it I think it's the most hideous thing I've ever seen - that's what happened to this one. In fact it took me two days of stewing over what I needed to do to fix it before I just threw on some black... honestly I can't say that I really like this one, but I like aspects of it. Like the hot pink - I want to put that on everything. Seriously, who knew?

I'm happy to report there was no crying with this one, but Parrish & I did have a great time coming up with ridiculous ideas for what the painting meant. Most of the time Parrish & I think that the meanings the artists come up with are a little pretentious... maybe we're being pretentious in thinking they're pretentious, I don't know. Anyway, one of my favorite was something about how it symbolized man's evolution away from their animal instincts, but mostly because Parrish thought I was being absolutely serious when I told him that. You should have seen the look on his face. *snicker*

I've already got another canvas lined up - this one is quite a bit smaller so I think my next challenge is to limit the number of colors I use. Hot pink here I come!