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Monolith
(lemmy.world)
I love the aesthetics of this
thanks! :)
For me this painting kinda looks like the cover to an old scifi book, loving the vibes
I really enjoy the variety in all your submissions :) this one is particularly appealing to me
Much appreciated, I try my best to keep exploring and to not repeat myself too much :)
OP may i ask what your thoughts for this artpiece are, like the inspiration?
The idea grew organically during the process of painting :) Starting with a hazy grey sky I felt like contrasting it with a bold, black shape that also emphasizes its verticality. From there I just knew that it had to be a prototypical foreboding dark monolith, towering over a vast, plain landscape (or sea, as it ended up being); backlit by what might be the sun, contrasting both the blackness of the monolith and the drabness of the sky.
Thank you for sharing!
This got me thinking about Childe Rowland as described in Robert Browning's poem and "2001: A Space Odyssey". I started making strange connections between these three pieces of art: Monoliths and Dark Towers, Elf Kings and alien intelligences, Knight's or astronauts sent on quests that others have failed. I guess most of those comparisons have more to do with the poetry and prose than the painting, but the painting seems to fit in well to either narrative. There is something inhuman in the look of that tower, like the Elf King's dark tower and Clarke's monolith. And there is a feeling of bleak dark awe to the painting, the poem, and the science fiction.
I tried tapping into the platonic ideal of the foreboding dark tower that we see in so many of our narratives, so I'm glad my piece managed to send you down this path! Including 2001 of course (though not quite a tower), hence the name. I wasn't familiar with Robert Browning's poem, thanks for the link!
this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2024
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