Sunday, June 26, 2016

Growing an Idea

Cabbage Concerto in Red Again  mixed media 10x15" by Meera Rao 

Sometime in the past few years, I had started a painting - there was some watercolor and a collage of rice paper (see below). Until earlier this year it was buried in my pile of unfinished paintings.  Even after staring at it for too long, I could not remember my plans for it.  By then it did not really matter anyway! 

watercolor background with rice paper collage 

The colorful lettuce growing in our garden gave me an idea and reminded me of a painting I had done many years ago. After mulling over for a few more days I thoroughly enjoyed painting a much smaller more colorful version of that painting 'Cabbage Concerto in Red' which has found a home with a friend. Exploring the same subject and coming to it from a different place was a fun exercise.  The title for the first painting was courtesy of my son who was in high-school then! I wrote about it here.

Colorful lettuce in my garden

”I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.” -- Picasso.

8 comments:

Sadami said...

Oh, Meera, who said "I've got carried away by colours"?! You play with colours and enjoy them more than me in this post!! Congrats! Best wishes, Sadami

Carol Blackburn said...

Hi Meera, wow what an excellent use of that unfinished painting. You turned it into something beautiful. I bet that cabbage or lettuce makes some wonderful dishes too. Have a great week!

Meera Rao said...

Thank you Sadami! Color is seductive for me :)

Meera Rao said...

Carol, Thanks! Yes, nothing like fresh greens from the garden for dinner :)

padmaja said...

If we dont keep the end result in mind strictly by rule, the creative juices flow much beyond our expectations, you have experimented so well, the result is beautiful!

Meera Rao said...

Thank you very much Padmaja! what you say is so true--it does free me up to experiment and stretch myself when I am not rigid with my expectations :)

Linda said...

Really beautiful!!! :)

Meera Rao said...

Thank you Linda :)

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