Sweet Nothings I

'Sweet Nothings I' - 4" x 4" - oil on hardboard panel - SOLD

I've got a bunch of 4" x 4" panels collecting dust in my studio. Thought I'd take the opportunity to use them up by painting some pretty/funny/pretty funny images on them, depending on my mood. So small, I often refer to paintings this size as "sweet nothings", the art version of appetizers (and compared to large paintings, they are just that, thankfully).

This particular painting came about after I'd cracked an egg for breakfast rather forcefully, then discovered that I really liked the pattern the fragments left, similar to shattered tempered glass. So, I grabbed my camera and took at picture. Liked it so much I decided to paint it, too. Brought back memories of my first job when I was still in high school.

I used to work in a stained and etched glass shop. I drew the patterns. Once in a while, a tempered glass pane we were working on would shatter. It's a shocking and instantaneous event, but once you've swallowed your heart back down, you have to admit the thousands of popcorn-like fragments scattered about are really quite beautiful.

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