.JPG)
Singing about a murder and the graphic description of it is not what I am generally used to. I grew up with ballads of a crazy love, or an old wine. They would sometime bring tears, but the tears of joy, tears of sympathy.
Banks of the Ohio was an earthquake to my solid heartland. The way the ballad starts to explore the fantasy of marriage is fascinating, but the murder ballad is far away from my known society.
I started looking at the other songs of Appalachia, more ballads and I realized what a great culture and history is behind this type of expression. I have learned that New World ballads were typically written to reflect news events of the day. Now this start to make more sense, but still way from my realm of music.
The way I started to paint this week is directly related to that, partly the emotions I've received, partly the realistic factors involved. The spiral, and the musicians are the two sides of extreme for me in one painting.
Sorry we hadn't read this first! And the blog as a whole is coming along nicely--I like the layout.
ReplyDeleteThe painting works much better reduced, and surrounded by black. Also, reducing contrast in the photo (the way the edges of the green darken) helps hold it together. My other comments on where to head, I sent you by email. Good work!