Reflection of What?

It’s my turn to blog about the reflection prompt. The last prompt was identity, and I created a self-portrait. I did a lot of reflecting when I created that piece. If I were back in college, I would have reworked the project for this class. But that’s not the point of these challenges. So I have to create something new.

I have collected images of reflections in buildings for years. I must have a couple hundred from Hong Kong alone.

I also like reflections in water. One of my many favorite artists is Walter Inglis Anderson. I discovered this prolific painter and print maker on a road trip I took with my husband to visit places I had lived along the Gulf of Mexico. I love how he paints water, particularly this one with reflections.

Here’s one of my reflections of lights in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour.

But then I go back to one of my goals for joining this group: to have 12 pieces of my own work with something in common. A body of work. I’ve been creating some abstracts using Ibis Paint X on my digital tablet and editing them further with Photoshop on my desktop. I think this technique might be my unifying factor.

I feel really comfortable showing you what I started with--even though I’m not supposed to show the piece before the reveal date. The final image looks NOTHING (I mean nothing!) like this sketch.