Erosion



You know, for a first effort at painting on cloth, I'm pretty chuffed with this result!  I was just kind of playing with the paint on the cloth, trying to figure out what it would do - not really trying to achieve anything in particular, so when the "plain" cloth as it was, was so clearly meant to be this ...


all I needed were my charcoal sticks (the bottom row in the pic above) and some pastels (top middle section).


And of course, some thread!




As I added the charocal and pastels to the piece and it revealed itself more fully to me, I thought about time.  How it moves, how we think we are standing still in it, and yet it changes us without our even knowing, moving us along to a place that's new.  If we resist that movement, standing firm in the place we've claimed, it will wear us down until we no longer exist.


But if we embrace it, let it take us where it will; we will all be made softer, purer with age ... and the kindness of erosion.



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Kit Lang

12 comments:

  1. I like this a lot Kit. I like the subtlety and I love how you've quilted it. Wonderful first time painting.

    Guila Greer
    guilagreerart.com

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  2. What a calm, reflective piece, in design and sentiment. Lovely.

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  3. Beautiful, the piece and the words.

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  4. All I can write is: WOW!

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  5. Kit - what sort of paints were you using and did you apply them onto wet or dry fabric (so many question!). Also what sort of fabric is it? I really like the result and can see myself using this technique. I also like the painting after quilting technique that the Kemshalls use. Have you seen it? Very satisfying.

    Hilary

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  6. Truly beautiful and I love seeing the process shots - really makes it come to life.

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  7. I love this piece. I can see it framed and hanging.
    (IN MY HOUSE) LOL!!!

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  8. "Erosion" is beautiful, wonderful, superklasse !! (see, I did not find the right words in English, so I switched to German ...) Will you explore these techniques further? (please don't say no ...)

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  9. Carol - the piece will be offered for sale soon, so if you would like to buy it then, please do so!

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  10. So pretty! I would never have known it was your first time trying the technique.

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