{"id":942,"date":"2012-01-26T16:09:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T16:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=942"},"modified":"2014-06-04T02:39:28","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T02:39:28","slug":"my-work-shape-motifs-parallels-and-rhythm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=942","title":{"rendered":"My Work &#8211; Shape Motifs, Parallels and Rhythm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_943\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/scanned-adjusted-in-lightroom-reduced..jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-943\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-943\" title=\"scanned - adjusted in lightroom - reduced.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/scanned-adjusted-in-lightroom-reduced..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/scanned-adjusted-in-lightroom-reduced..jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/scanned-adjusted-in-lightroom-reduced.-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/scanned-adjusted-in-lightroom-reduced.-425x300.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don Farrell - Blue Stripes IV - 2004 - 21 x 29 in - mixed water soluble media<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is a composition which I will continue to revisit as I feel it has endless possibilities for refinement.\u00a0 I think it is very important to establish a personal and recognizable feel for my paintings.\u00a0 I have learned this from painters such as Morandi, Mondrian, Matisse and many others.<\/p>\n<p>I am intrigued with the possibilities presented through reduction, and I usually find myself focusing on spatial considerations. This requires removing the superfluous and bringing the composition to the forefront.<\/p>\n<p>Using shape motifs is a great way to establish the foundation of a composition.\u00a0 In this painting I provided a rectangle motif supported by an oval sub motif.\u00a0 And I rearranged their sizes and spacing a number of times before I was satisfied.\u00a0 The white oval above the table appeared late in the painting and I felt it provided both balance, and a little competition, for the shapes and colour on the table.<\/p>\n<p>The three small white lines just above the left edge of the table provide rhythmic movement and keep you in the composition.\u00a0 There is a vertical at the right directs your eye movement, connecting to a subtle line which loops over the white oval, returning you to the three white lines and then to the shapes on the table.<\/p>\n<p>I must mention the line in the white oval which parallels the blue stripes.\u00a0 This provides a very important rhythmic integration.<\/p>\n<p>In composition all of the above should be<em> &#8220;sensed&#8221;<\/em> rather than seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a composition which I will continue to revisit as I feel it has endless possibilities for refinement.\u00a0 I think it is very important to establish a personal and recognizable feel for my paintings.\u00a0 I have learned this from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=942\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,12,18,7,33,30],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=942"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1883,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions\/1883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}