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Michael Whelan
@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

DRIFTWOOD FANTASY (2022)
Acrylic - 8” x 10”

Like most of my Leftovers and Palette Gremlins, this was born from accident, inspiration, and materials at hand. The palette of warm tones came from a recently completed painting. The graduated blue was overspray on a scrap of board. 1/3

#leftoversandpalettegremlins #ammonite #personalvisions

A young girl in red shorts lounges in the twisting branches of a surreal treetop that stands skeletal against azure sky. Ammonite fossils are embedded up its trunk with the largest seated at the base of its crown. Limbs curl and knot to form the outline of what the treetop might look like if fleshed out, but no leaves remain. The wood is dry, weathered and without life. More arborous aberrations sit along the horizon in the fading sky. The treetops are elongated, bulbous and brain-like with twisting ridges that suggest folds in gray matter. Flying high, a line of seagulls glide past with wings spread wide, migrating away from whatever captured the girl’s attention off-panel right.
A young girl in red shorts lounges in the twisting branches of a surreal treetop that stands skeletal against azure sky. Ammonite fossils are embedded up its trunk with the largest seated at the base of its crown. Limbs curl and knot to form the outline of what the treetop might look like if fleshed out, but no leaves remain. The wood is dry, weathered and without life. More arborous aberrations sit along the horizon in the fading sky. The treetops are elongated, bulbous and brain-like with twisting ridges that suggest folds in gray matter. Flying high, a line of seagulls glide past with wings spread wide, migrating away from whatever captured the girl’s attention off-panel right.
A young girl in red shorts lounges in the twisting branches of a surreal treetop that stands skeletal against azure sky. Ammonite fossils are embedded up its trunk with the largest seated at the base of its crown. Limbs curl and knot to form the outline of what the treetop might look like if fleshed out, but no leaves remain. The wood is dry, weathered and without life. More arborous aberrations sit along the horizon in the fading sky. The treetops are elongated, bulbous and brain-like with twisting ridges that suggest folds in gray matter. Flying high, a line of seagulls glide past with wings spread wide, migrating away from whatever captured the girl’s attention off-panel right.
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Michael Whelan
@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

The colors reminded me of time spent at Rialto Beach during a vacation years ago. The sky was a compelling blue, providing a splendid backdrop to the twisted shapes of driftwood littering the beach. 2/3

Work-in-progress photo of DRIFTWOOD FANTASY. The vibrant blue background is painted with stub of trees rising to stunted branches. The most prominent tree has a large black knot at the top. None of the surreal treetops are present.
Work-in-progress photo of DRIFTWOOD FANTASY. The vibrant blue background is painted with stub of trees rising to stunted branches. The most prominent tree has a large black knot at the top. None of the surreal treetops are present.
Work-in-progress photo of DRIFTWOOD FANTASY. The vibrant blue background is painted with stub of trees rising to stunted branches. The most prominent tree has a large black knot at the top. None of the surreal treetops are present.
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Michael Whelan
@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Musing on that day gave rise to this image in my head. 3/3

https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/2022-leftover-12/

Background detail from DRIFTWOOD FANTASY featuring surreal treetops that are elongated rathr than round, bulbous and brain-like with twisting ridges that suggest folds in gray matter. In the lower right, a thin tree trunks is interrupted with the artist’s sigil, the stylized letters M and W combined and bound by a circle.
Background detail from DRIFTWOOD FANTASY featuring surreal treetops that are elongated rathr than round, bulbous and brain-like with twisting ridges that suggest folds in gray matter. In the lower right, a thin tree trunks is interrupted with the artist’s sigil, the stylized letters M and W combined and bound by a circle.
Background detail from DRIFTWOOD FANTASY featuring surreal treetops that are elongated rathr than round, bulbous and brain-like with twisting ridges that suggest folds in gray matter. In the lower right, a thin tree trunks is interrupted with the artist’s sigil, the stylized letters M and W combined and bound by a circle.
Close detail from DRIFTWOOD FANTASY featuring a girl in red shorts lounging in the twisted branches of a surreal treetop. Set at the top of the tree trunk just below her is the spiral of an ammonite fossil.
Close detail from DRIFTWOOD FANTASY featuring a girl in red shorts lounging in the twisted branches of a surreal treetop. Set at the top of the tree trunk just below her is the spiral of an ammonite fossil.
Close detail from DRIFTWOOD FANTASY featuring a girl in red shorts lounging in the twisted branches of a surreal treetop. Set at the top of the tree trunk just below her is the spiral of an ammonite fossil.
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