Observer Observed
by Pic Michel
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36.000 x 36.000 x 1.500 inches
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Title
Observer Observed
Artist
Pic Michel
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
I often travel with my work, sitting it in the car beside me, setting it up at home to keep an eye on it and learn about what is working and what needs to happen next. Observer Observed came about as the result of a visceral session of laying paint down and making it run then reloading the brush and scumbling it through the running colors. When it was dry, I took it home and set it on the kitchen counter. Over the next 24 hours, 24 images appeared to be looking at me.
A believer that we create the world we expect to see, I had written in my journal that morning, "As we observe, so shall we be observed". I decided there was nothing more that needed to happen to this painting, it did as it saw fit. If you look in the very center there is a dark, vertical slash. It may be observed as a lady in a Victorian era hat, possibly carrying an umbrella, either observing or being observed by the rest of the characters in the painting.
It is not uncommon for me to turn my paintings as I work them. When Observer Observed is turned 180 degrees, the same figure becomes a tall man, also with a Victorian feel, peering through a brightly lit window. Those are just some of the things I see. The colors shift to reveal many more figures. I wonder what you see.
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September 29th, 2016
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