Dropping Out
by AnnaJo Vahle
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32.000 x 24.000 x 0.500 inches
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Title
Dropping Out
Artist
AnnaJo Vahle
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
I painted this surreal landscape in oil on canvas as entertainment at a party when I was a teenager. I was living in California at the time. Shared a home with some friends while I was attending college. It was a really foggy evening. We called it tulle fog. Not exactly sure why but it is a common phenomenon around the central valley. It is so quiet and isolating during those pea-soup fog enshrouded evenings. I hoped to express the feeling that we all felt being out in the country surrounded by the quiet mist. It seemed as if we were the only people in the world.
It wasn't safe for anyone to drive. We had some house guest that asked me to watch me paint. I was a bit nervous about painting before an audience then, but I was among friends. I just kinda let go and let the paints talk.
“Dropping Out” was a popular idea in the sixties and seventies. I guess that is kinda what I was thinking of when I painted the capsule of some mysterious liquid in the foreground. We thought about the fence being a negative element and made more beautiful by decorating it with a flower. I was enamored with bare trees in those days. I always had at least one tree without leaves in all my landscapes.
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July 26th, 2020
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Comments (52)
Studio Tolere 22 Days Ago
I LOVE this Anna Jo. I hope you will do more work in this genre. You have a gift. lf
Rene Crystal
Oh, I do LOVE this, AnnaJo! So glad you felt that you could do this among friends cuz it's terrific! Oh, I remember a little bit of the 60s - LOL. Fav'd for sure!
Stephanie Moore
Wonderful work, AnnaJo - very bleak and hopefully not a premonition of things to come - FL
Marie Neder
AnnaJo - I was looking at this image from the thumprints and the fence looked like the skeletal remains of an animal which only added to the bleakness. Oh gosh, my imagination was sparked. Good one!!!! Best, Marie
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
Thank you, Marie. A bunch of friends were sitting around watching me paint and this is what came out! A surprise for all of us.
Bernadette Krupa
AnnaJo, fascinating and mysterious painting "Dropping Out"! Congrats on multiple Features - Lilith Moon Goddess, Abstract and Surreal and For the ART of it!! L/F
VIVA Anderson
Compliments! How exciting and unique this imaginative creation cosmic. Kudos. voted: MOON / women, 29/10/22, FAV
Laurel Adams
AnnaJo, this work is magical …love this cosmic interpretation …This contest is so large I may not have time to comment as fully in real time …that doesn’t mean my votes won’t be flying!..:-)) …this one will be on my radar! Thank you for your ongoing support of THE behind the scenes BUZzz…stunning!
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