'Scarlett o'Tara'
With this Covid isolation, I thought I might try my hand at painting. This iconic scene from 'Gone with the Wind' seemed challenging as far as colour and shading with fairly simple composition, for a first attempt. It is acrylic on 80x40cm canvas. I had to come to terms with brushes, size, stroke, dabbing vs stippling, sponging and blading.
As 'Barefoot Sub' wrote in 'Mindful Moments', it is 'Ready for Launch'. That's a bit how I felt about trying my hand at painting. For a technician with a perfectionist streak, taking on a craft that can never be 'perfect' was a mental challenge. But as I connected to the subject and the current context of Covid isolation, the importance of technique slipped into the background. Like writing, I need to focus on the story/picture I am conveying and not get too bogged down in the minutia of technique.
I felt the subject sort of appropriate. Like Scarlett and Ret escaping the fires of war with the glow of Atlanta burning filling the sky, they escape to the relative isolation of Tara. It's not unlike us escaping to the isolation of our homes as the war against Covid rages outside.
