On the Wild Side...My Way. Watercolor on Yupo...2011...I see a person the left, reading...others see a face at the upper left with red hair blowing in the wind. Your interpretation of what you see, is always correct, of course.
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Wild and loud….
my color choices,
as an artist.
Out of the mold of reality,
“it’s not real”, it is said…
can you blame the critics
for their words.
As I grew to advanced age,
my choices became wilder,
not saying I’m good enough
to be compared
to Jean-Michel Basquiat, Picasso
or Matisse..
.but I understand
their wild choices
and need to express their
“wild” side.
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A 2011 watercolor portrait on YUPO. Painting on YUPO, I don't have a lot of control, so I have to decide when it is finished so not to ruin the parts I like. Wild but for me captures the essence of of model.
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1997 ... One of my first attempts to "be original" with a portrait...Sigh. It is a bit on the quiet side of wild as I look at it now. But it is always in the viewers eye as to what they see.
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My wild side lives in paints,
paper and canvas.
I can’t imagine the nature of those
whose wild side is the cruel side
of life…
Is their so called joy,
of seeing others….human,
pets or wild animals…
in fear of them
or
in their joy of the kill.
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My thoughts end here,
I started happy,
and ended with a heavy heart
not wanting to think
of what may come next,
thinking of the wild and cruel
side of mankind…
too much,
too deep,
Peace to all tortured souls,
human or animal,
tame or wild,
who are at the mercy
of the wild thoughts of
those whose souls
think on a different wild
side….
colored in mean and black,
not rainbows and sparkles.
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This is one of my favorite watercolor on YUPO paintings done this year. It can be displayed successfully vertically, horizontally: four different ways. The painting "painted itself" as I applied water, three colors of paint and set it out to dry. It was to be a background for a portrait... Wild, wouldn't you say?
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.Posted for D’verse Poets Pub – Wild hosted by Mark Kerstetter.
siggiofmaine 
Sony Fugaban
The pleasure is mine, Siggi.
siggiofmaine
Sony…
Lots of smiles back.
☺☺☺
Siggi
Sony Fugaban
I’m not really into art, Siggi, but those paintings blew me away. I never knew you’re such an artist!
siggiofmaine
Sony….
the ultimate compliment…one to cherish. Thank you so much.
Peace
Siggi in Downeast Maine
Luke Prater
wild and wonderful colours Siggi
Morning
beautiful color mix with words and writing,
🙂
James Rainsfordj
Pleased to have discovered your site. Fascinating combination of words and pictures. Enjoyed both immensely.
Janece
Here’s to growing wilder and more colorful with age, dear Siggi!! I absolutely love this post…those wild paintings and your bright colorful words!
Heaven
a visual treat…you really have the talent, i envy you ~
the two paintings in the middle have character… i like all of them
siggiofmaine
Heaven
Thank you for your nice comments…
no need to envy me…we all have talents that others don’t have and can’t duplicate ☺
Peace,
Siggi in Downeast Maine
Daydreamertoo
I agree, we humans seems to be losing our sense of humanity the more ‘civillised’ we’ve become. The more we live in such a technological age, for all its wonders it is creating a world of young people who have become isolated islands who are in so many more way disconnected from reality and real feelings.
Your paintings are so lovely. I see a few faces in the top painting. They’re all really lovely. Colours so vivid and alive. I too really like that last one. Very nice walk on your ‘wild’ side.
siggiofmaine
Daydreamer…thanks for your comments…I appreciate you taking the time to write them.
Thank you for the nice comment on the paintings…”seeing” figures, objects in paintings…or clouds,
etc. is not a gift we all receive. I do not intentionally place any in my paintings, but I may intentionally leave them if I notice them. I can’t see the red headed lady that a lot of people have mentioned.
Peace,
Siggi in Downeast Maine
brian
you took us on quite the journey there…from art to human nature…being original is always testing which means sometimes you fail…but that is ok…i like the ones you showed…i really like the first and the green one…
siggiofmaine
Brian…
thank you for your comments…I am with you on the first and last paintings, the orange hair lady “grew” on me…I included the two in the middle because I have been asked to show some of my earlier attempts at painting. I didn’t include one from my “cataract” period because I couldn’t quickly fine one. I started using the YUPO and brighter colors when I didn’t know I had cataracts and was discouraged…
Peace,
Siggi in Downeast Maine
Mark Kerstetter
If I understand properly, yupo is water resistant, so yeah, I’d say using watercolor on yupo is pretty wild! Very challenging too. The green & gray one is striking, like a topographical map.
siggiofmaine
Thanks for your comments.
Yes, YUPO is a plastic and water resistant and not for the faint of heart.
Thank you for the compliment on the green and gray…the paper, paint and water did all the work !
Peace,
Siggi in Downeast Maine