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RE: Art for peace - my glass painting "They want to win"
Thank you so much, for yet another really great comment! I can see, you really do take a close look. I do too with your works but often can't find adequate words... or what I want to say seems silly..
In answer to your questions: its the roman number MMH backwards, the year of creation 2010
I work out the rough concept first, as its difficult to change things later in the painting. You sort of have to think it ahead. Not much different from what you do actually... you too have to consider all kinds of things first.. light, props, poses, composition...
Sometimes I have an almost finished picture in my head in a moment and sometimes it takes weeks or even month to get an idea into a form...
Was expecting similar answer to this. You can not estimate "how long" probably it was my wrongly formed question. I know you can not change things and even fix slight mistakes in hinter glass technique. Which i can do by the way and most of my work is actually pretty spontaneous :) So here i do not envy you as i can fix many mistakes in Photoshop which i also do :) That is why it excites me even more, as i would never be able to do what you are doing due to the fact that i probably have a lack of attention syndrome or something similar it is called :)
So one question still remains, if it is not a secret, why reverse MMH, i am aware it is painted in reverse on glass but knowing you it can not be you forgot and made a mistake lol
Because if you won't tell me i will be thinking that you did this on purpose as 0102 = 0+1+0+2 = 3 Which is dove for the holy trinity.
Even with photoshop, you need a decent photo to start with. I'm sure you do a lot of things intuitively right. Its like we don't have to consciously think I'm moving my arm now in this direction and have my hand grab this cup of coffee... one just does it. With time one gets more experienced and can drink from the cup without spilling half of it... or take a perfect photo :-)
As for the number I'm afraid you give me more credit than I deserve. It happens frequently, that I just write something in the right direction and then it gets turned around... and then I just leave it. Although I like your interpretation very much!
I guess you are right, i probably just tend to think it is intuition. but again, what intuition is if not an echo of previous experiences :) Like you with the numbers :)