New Stripes

 I have been playing around with colors and lines on cheap paper. Looks like I'm still gravitating towards stripes, though that was not the intention. I love this paper - I use it for lifting paint, making collage papers, covering my work table (and then save those pieces for collage), and more. 

Here are some examples of the stripes:

The Blues

Well, not really.  Just some blue stripes.  I keep circling back to stripes, going over my Pinterest pages, being fascinated by this most elemental of formats.  What is so compelling about stripes?  Look at Sean Scully, or any of the artists I mentioned in my last post about stripes. 

I was recently looking at images of the Gee's Bend Quilts - if you haven't seen them, take a look - and found the ones made from work clothes ("britches quilts") particularly moving.  Here are a few maybe finished small stripe paintings inspired by all of the above.  There are more in the works, all blue, but maybe they'll morph into other colors, I don't know. 

12"x12", acrylic on canvas

9"x12", acrylic on canvas

12"x12", acrylic on canvas

If you were to do a series of stripe paintings, where would you start?  How might you narrow your focus?  If you've done stripe paintings, where have they led you?