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| Figure: Ocean S. Myers, Acrylic on Canvas 2013 |
My newest painting began with
inspiration from Baroque maps, where figures personifying
seasons, continents, and oceans stand on either side or recline at
the bottom, ornamenting already elaborate and fantastic charts.
But I was also looking at pictures
of Brazilian interiors. And I was full of the colors and enchanting vistas
of Raoul Dufy. So as I spread the brilliant blue, the brown, and the
mica/iron gold paint on the canvas, I resolved, not to hold to a
single influence, simply to create something that would show very
well on a wall.
