“Wild Ones” is a oilpainting done well!

I praise myself too rarely, and that’s why I’m doing it today.

I started preparing for the painting at the beginning of December. Two larger plywood trays with a beautiful pattern were waiting and so I decided to burn them together.

Messing around with a gas burner in a crisp, cold weather in the yard of the country house was a mystical experience in itself.

/see the process on Instagram

I was already very excited from the burning process and couldn’t wait to get started with the painting. The central figure position in the plywood board was clearly established by the allmighty itself, and the paintingtook off from there.

I painted a bit timidly, because I didn’t want to lose the transparency of the surface by repeated repainting, but as the matter progressed, my confidence grew and, as already boasted, I am satisfied with the result.

The theme of crows and ravens was clearly reflected in my life in 2023. We found an apathetic baby crow freezing in the rain in the hay at the edge of the field in the springtime. We popped him all summer until it learned to fly. We went to the city for a week and after coming back we didn’t see the young crow never again. Either he became a meal for the fox or found company among his fellow species, but he was an exciting character and definitely left a mark on my subconscious mind.

I have painted the forest before and many times. Before the latest, I had finished the painting ”In the Woods” made in the same technique, and now ”Wild Ones” – it looked like a series has starting to take shape.

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I will talk a little about the painting called `In the woods.’

I used to make preparatory sketches before starting the paintings on the burnt plywood boards. I planned the compositions of the works quite precisely before starting to paint. However, I have always considered the process of painting itself as important as the end result. Surprises in the course of work are exactly what give things pleasure and excitement.

While burning the wooden boards and planning the artworks, I found that the paintings had started to compose themselves. I don’t have to start ”from scratch” because the fire element has already firmly established itself on the plywood.

In the painting `In the woods, the main composition, which has been bourn from the heat, is very clearly perceptible. The shape of three tree trunks and the white figure form in the center of the work suggested both the theme and the mood of the artwork. What followed was just a symphony born from the cooperation of the subconscious mind and the body.

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