Matisse Garden; C.T. Rasmuss, oil; in process (June 2014).

Matisse Garden  C.T. Rasmuss, oil; 18"x24" (June 2014).

 

  In this journey, this is what I have so far; good start I think- after only a few hours, when I had to stop cause I thought it was gonna rain.  I usually don't care about a little unexpected water, but since I'm working in oil with this one, I figured I take no chances(oil paintings-have a special meaning to me as it is also so in the traditional art world, who says I'm not a conformist?? haha).

 

So for this piece which I'm working on, I added: Liquin- quickens drying time, 1st time I used it since art school; due to working en plein air, and considering the un-predictable weather-time.  I 1st then took pictures of all the flowers I'm going to paint in this Floral-still Life, as I mentioned in my notes before starting all this today: "I have a specific goal in mind, yet the result is never known & can never be completely pre-meditated.", and so, had came true once again.

 

One intention I had in mind was to add my signature geometric-pattern to the foreground(as far as I know so for the last 5 years  or so it's been), another was a mix between Rouault and my earlier works with a self-imposed frame(Seurat and many pointillists did this but that's another story and style), but this frame isn't ready to be introduced yet; but what was introduced completely unexpectedly was the Matisse style floral columns. 

 

Here I've used my signature columns for my backgrounds many times, to compliment my geometric foregrounds, but not in this manner, In this painting I've unexpectedly and delightfully been influenced by Henri Matisse.

 

And these some of the flowers in my garden/planters and a few from my neighbor's planters for a stronger palette(all taken with the ease of my I-phone and later edited for better quality):

 

Pay special attencion to the last(#6) purple/green plant w/ little delicate white flowers, it's the inspiration for the Matisse style columns, white flowers soon to come...

 

 



Just now I searched the internet a bit and found a great example of Matisse's floral patterns he was famous for incorporating especially in his Still-lifes, this one particularly, mine closely resembles, fate?? I believe it's possible:

Still Life - Histoire Juives  Henri Matisse, oil.