: : artist : arthur lugauskas
: : artwork title : ‘yellow lightning’
: : medium : acrylic on canvas
: : size : 3’ x 4’ x 0.75”
: : initial ideas : a lightning bolt was the initial idea. well, it’s technically a chair of sort, but i wanted it to zig-zag like lightning. and then have the expected yellow be shining on a dark gray tone.
: : process : once i had the initial idea it was time to get motion into play. to dance if you will. and so i tried to have power in this painting in a couple locations. like, the lightning bolt was to hit hard at the first sharp angle and then again at the next one. and radiation of gray tone gradation was to happen because of the lightning hits. and i started with the super light gray the lightning bolt is on, but i ended up running out of paint while doing that whole area when it was taped up. so, then i tried to mix this super light gray paint again and it was way off. it’s hard to notice initially and in the completed painting, but the tone is off! really off!
: : certain distinguishable details : well that off tone subtle looking gradation is something. it’s in the middle of the canvas. in the inner turn of the lightning bolt. it’s a much darker gray than the other portions of the super dark gray. i decided to leave it though. and in the middle right of the painting i did something a bit different than normal. i basically interrupted the initial perspective with a two point perspective coming in and being dominant in an area.
: : mistakes into calculated acts : other than the super light gray being different gray tones there are other mistakes that aren’t mistakes, but calculated acts, yes. if the initial super dark gray door there is some tape after the yellow, which i think shouldn’t be there. so, i left the tape on because i think it was there on accident. but, then again, i’m not sure. also, in the lower left there is a line that is off, but i decided i like how it looked and it seemed to make more sense, despite it being wrong. i left it. and there is a ‘paint-off’ situation of sort that happened in the upper middle on the super light gray tone. it looked like a heart and i decided i liked it.
: : to note : when pealing tape and revealing yellow i thought i could make yellow your new favorite color.
