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My take on our flooded basement. (Original Post) bif Jul 2021 OP
"Old Stone Bridge. Abridged." is really wonderful. CrispyQ Jul 2021 #1
I really like your basement abstract. Making lemonade out of lemons, a good thing Ziggysmom Jul 2021 #2
This is really good!! Love it! secondwind Jul 2021 #3
My oldest sister's basement flooded AGAIN recently... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #4
In a bad storm, we've gotten a few inches bif Jul 2021 #6
Very nice work. TreasonousBastard Jul 2021 #5
And so your journey into the abstract begins! lunatica Jul 2021 #7
It's very freeing in a way. bif Jul 2021 #9
It does make sense lunatica Jul 2021 #10
Love the random objects! MLAA Jul 2021 #8

CrispyQ

(36,557 posts)
1. "Old Stone Bridge. Abridged." is really wonderful.
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 12:22 PM
Jul 2021


Your catnip sketch is really nice, too. And Random Objects could be a good writing prompt.

Ziggysmom

(3,432 posts)
2. I really like your basement abstract. Making lemonade out of lemons, a good thing
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 12:25 PM
Jul 2021

coming out of something bad. Your painting has emotion, like music on canvas. I can feel your pain and frustration caused by the flooding.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,860 posts)
4. My oldest sister's basement flooded AGAIN recently...
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 12:58 PM
Jul 2021

... after a big rain.

Why she and her husband continue to put furniture and other amenities down there is a head-scratcher to me. It seems like basement flooding has happened to them at least a twenty times over the years, with sump pumps and other preventative measures only helping sometimes.

Their home is next to a creek that frequently overflows during heavy rain too.

My sister said to me, "Better than living in a drought, I guess."

Like your painting, by the way!

bif

(22,812 posts)
6. In a bad storm, we've gotten a few inches
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 02:07 PM
Jul 2021

That why everything was at least a foot off the ground. But when you get a couple feet, things get ruined! Not too much of value was lost. But we may be out a washer, dryer, hot water heater, and a furnace.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
7. And so your journey into the abstract begins!
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 04:21 PM
Jul 2021

It definitely has a swampy air to it. You’ve caught the messiness of water damage, making it look like nature in swamps. It does definitely have a wetlands look of greenery floating on the surface of water and the brown color of tree trunks and roots growing out of the water. Maybe even a fish or two meandering among the submerged roots.

You have a good eye for the details of nature and here is another example of your powers of observation and your ability to discern the details of color and form. I really enjoy the abstract ness of it.

bif

(22,812 posts)
9. It's very freeing in a way.
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 02:59 PM
Jul 2021

When you paint from real life, you're constantly asking yourself, "Does it look like real?" But with abstract painting, you only worry about how it looks as it is. If that makes any sense.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
10. It does make sense
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 03:04 PM
Jul 2021

Abstract paintings take on a life of their own and are always yammering at you about what you should do. People will say that anyone and throw paint on a canvas but they’re sadly mistaken. Painting is a very demanding process.

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