Confrontation

Acrylic on Canvas
(h40 x w40 x d1.5cm)

This all began on Good Friday 2024 with my mind in turmoil as I couldn't settle on any task to do. I was flitting from one thing to another but couldn't settle on what to do and getting more and more frustrated.

I therefore stopped trying and turned to a canvas that had a mildly textured surface that I had created by soaking tissues onto it. Then, for some reason, I started to vigorously add seriously conflicting colours that I had never considered before with a spatula with the final lines coming from a credit card. I stood back from it and said to myself "How have I come to create this, it looks nothing like the colourful and vibrant pieces I was recognised for". A point that some friends quickly made clear to me.

As time went by my thoughts on it, above and beyond the initial 'Confrontation' in the title, changed to viewing it more from a symbolic nature as I couldn't escape the day on which it had been painted.

The yellow now became a symbol of hope in that things would be resolved.
The large area of green symbolised trees with the texture creating inter woven areas to suggest perhaps thorns.
The red trickling down suggested pain noting the paper towel texture was giving clear areas that could resemble veins and looking closer I could even see faces and bodies.
I may be reading too much into this but every time I gaze upon the painting the disturbing Good Friday story gets stronger from these symbols.
Am I the only one?