Strangled Adjustment
by KC Pollak
Title
Strangled Adjustment
Artist
KC Pollak
Medium
Painting - Alcohol Ink And Sumi Ink On Canson Oil Paper
Description
This piece was done with sumi brushes as well as alcohol ink on Canson oil paper. I love the juxtaposition between the hard lines of the sumi black and the color of the alcohol ink. Sumi can be controlled, and brush strokes can be purposeful. But alcohol ink is always unpredictable … always! I had fun with a pallet knife in applying the ink to the oil paper. The rough texture of this paper made some very cool patterns.
Strangled Adjustment is a name that came to mind today. This piece had another name entirely. The reasoning behind the new name is that this is a rescue from an event that happened a few days ago in my studio. A heater caught fire and smoked up the entire contents of my studio. The structure of the studio is fine. However, everything inside suffered smoke damage. The smoke is from a kerosene heater, so it is oily and nearly impossible to clean off completely, especially art. I had to throw a lot of art (and supplies) away, it was just too far gone. But some pieces only had soot around the edges or limited damage. This is one of those pieces. I was able to rescue this one by editing the soot out of the scanned image in Photoshop. Thanks to Photoshop, at least I can still have this piece in file form. The original, that’s another story. In the trash it went. It makes me sad and I’m happy, all at the same time. A strangled adjustment, is what I call this happy/sad situation I find myself in.
The area in which I live (western slope of Colorado) always give me color and composition inspiration. The ever-changing colors of the environment, depending on sunrise, sunset, or just middle of the day … are endlessly fascinating. Never are two days the same. I am so thankful I live here and get to be inspired by the nature around me on a daily basis.
I hope this one inspires you or somehow brings a new hope to your life. It is beauty from ashes.
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February 18th, 2020
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