Fishcrow Okra Snow

Comment

Comment by Resident Curator on June 9, 2011 at 11:00am

Curator’s Comment:

 

Overall, I think your illustrative style has a vibrant ebb & flow between realism and more fantastical, abstracted segments.  This piece in particular- Fishcrow Okra Snow, has a really pleasing distribution of decorative elements and space.  The color scheme tilts slightly towards a more romanticized scheme rather than true local color- as if everything is just a little brighter and more lush.  The slices of okra pods become small green sunbursts in the clouds, but I can’t decide if they’re ascending or descending.  The crow has a gorgeous reflective surface- the cooler tones shimmer in a jewel like manner.  I do wish he wasn’t quite as grounded in the space, and the marshy green clumps of land hold him down and crop him in a way that restricts his potential flight.  The verticality of the picture plane conversely moves the viewer skyward and opens us up to all possibilities.