About my on-line Gallery:
I've been weaving these tapestry illustrations for a couple of years. I like to tell stories, so the illustrations come from my imagination. The craft and technique are harder for a new artist. I needed a lot of learn-by-doing.
And now I want you to see my pieces. A public gallery's wall would be a great place to show them off. Meanwhile, this on-line gallery is a great way to view my craft, where-ever you are.
How? In my previous career as a computer programmer, I mastered the coding skills. The parts that you see use HTML and CSS computer languages. The parts you don't see use PHP and database files.
So! Here it is! I am proud and thankful for the art education I achieved at AuArts.ca, both theory and craft, as well as the help I received from friends around Calgary, from on-line tutorials, and the Library.
Daniel Cohen
Sunglasses at Night
2019
Cotton, acrylic
8 x 12 inches
$300.00
My original intention was to show those oval blobs, on a pathway heading into somewhere in outer space. Part of my plan was the hatching (irregular horizontal lines where the colors overlap) to create a sort of color gradient. And that worked alright, I'm satisfied with it.
While I was weaving the irregular lines, I was listening to the song "I Wear my Sunglasses at Night" by Corey Hart. The song is not about Hart's sunglasses, but his confusion about a girl. I think. I'm confused, too.
But the impact on me was not about his girl, or his confusion. Instead, it was the rhythm of the music. It really resonated with my own weaving, with the hatching pattern, with my own weaving.
So that's where the title came from.