Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.
Charles Mingus
I have been working on this one for quite awhile ~ not quite finished with it but thought I would post it anyway. Although the composition may look simple I was working without a photograph or a set-up. I wanted to keep the number of things in the painting to a minimum, concentrating more on the lighting. Mingus' was quite right in his definition of creativity. I have been adding layers of paint and glazes trying to get the feel of the pot's shape and weight on the canvas. Now I will go back and try to add more depth and shape to the flowers. Simple, yes, but complicated. Ying and yang, again.
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