An image for humility

© 2011 Josh McCallister

 Humility

Watercolor on Canvas

Here is a painting I've been thinking about making for several years. I am not ready to say it is finished yet...

Way back in high school

Rachel I, 22 x 30 watercolor on paper
(c)2000 Josh McCallister

I used to paint all kinds of pictures from magazines. Working in watercolor didn't allow for a lot of working from life - not for the subjects that interested me. So I used magazine photos.

One of the last things I did in high school was a painting where I slapped one image in monochrome right over the top of another painting on the same paper. Then I added another painting right on top of that one. I rubbed a little paint out of one image to make another a little more readable. I really liked the look, and started to do this sort of image as I went for more conceptual work.

This painting was done in college - toward the end of my undergrad work. Images combined in a collage-like way to evoke some thoughts and associations...