I've been trying to capture the almost abstract random quality and life that a tree has.
Each branch has an energy and randomness that reminds me of a pollock painting.
I have yet to capture this in any of the works though the brush marks are energetic.
I am hesitant to repeat his style of working, due to the fact that I'm trying to find my own voice
rather than mimic someone else. Not to mention that everyone whose picked up a paintbrush in the last 50 years has at one time thrown paint at a canvas and called it art. It's a bit overplayed. I've thought though that using his technique may not necessarily be mimicking as I have a subject matter which I am trying to capture (Nature), whereas he believed in making marks only for the sake of pure randomness.
Either way I think I'll be concentrate on expanding my focus on Nature and step back from trees for a bit. Haven't decided yet. I'm still working from two month old photos cause the lighting sucks lately for taking new pictures.
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