Stepping over the line to endless possibilities

If I didn't know it before, I know it now, I'm on the other side......that mysterious area of art, where "obvious" leaves the room and "endless possibilities" becomes reality.

Friday nights opening festivities were not exciting because of  red wine, beer or the vast numbers of visitors who attended the various exhibits and activities typical of a Crossroads openings but because of the few and what they said or how they reacted as they passed through my little piece of the Crossroads pie.

The obvious star was my final version of pesky canvas 899 , the Chihuly Red Reeds......or was it? As the center piece absolutely! You could hardly miss it!

To my delight visitors were drawn across the board, the whole collection not exclusive to the obvious but the endless possibilities of art as in the AIR paintings below. I may have intended it one way but they frequently saw it differently. Did I scratch the surface of something unexpected with the AIR paintings, something I didn't consider before?  Seeing possibilities beyond my own interpretation or intent..... certainly sounded like it.

Endless possibilities in painting......how is that achieved on demand? 

I can say with certainty, other than change, endless possibilities was not or is not an objective while painting. I do think of paint quality, movement, mood and subject sensitivity tho......but, possibilities for others?  A good question, I can't answer for myself.

Something to ponder going forward but not while painting! In the real world my easel is lonely but not out of sight! It's only company over the last 11 days is a visibly nagging white canvas of size.

The one thing I am sure of getting right, is SIZE!!

I know size rules because without the impact of scale nothing would have held them in place more than a moment as they flew by to the next.