Title
Dragon Tree
Artist
Douglas Fromm
Medium
Mixed Media - Collage And Acrylic On Canvas
Description
A poster version of a work that I sold many years ago, of a girl reaching for fruit in a dragon shaped tree. This started when someone gave me a piece of canvas that had been partially covered with paint that had been poured, dripped and splattered, apparently at random. Instead of whitewashing it with gesso to recycle it, I decided to modify the painted areas with collaged elements. After adding the illustration of the tree trunk with people, the tree resembled a dragon’s head, which I emphasized by adding an eyeball shape. After adding a surrealistic foreground of organic shapes, I painted the sky with swirls to give it some texture.
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May 1st, 2020
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Comments (17)
Valcir Siqueira
Surrealismo fantástico!!! Uma criatividade única! Meus parabéns!!!
Douglas Fromm replied:
Thank you for this wonderful compliment !... I used Google Translate for assistance, since the few Portuguese words that I know are lyrics from the classic age of Sambas - Gilberto, Jobim, and Mendes....phrases like chove Chuba..it is such a melodic language !
Ginger Lou
I LOVE your work!!!!
Douglas Fromm replied:
Thank you for this LOVEly comment... and also for sharing your special collage talents !....
J S Ellington
So incredible! Seems to be so alive and full of movement with such neon and pleasing colors!
Douglas Fromm replied:
Thank you so much.....this is high praise coming from a master of color ....!
Bunny Clarke
OH... I love this work Douglas. Full of whimsy with a touch of scary. Beautifully done.
Douglas Fromm replied:
Thank you....Whimsy and Scary is an interesting combination, something like Sweet and Sour, or BitterSweet, perhaps....I like it !
Jolanta Anna Karolska
What a wonderful world of organic...secret garden...love your imagination, Douglas...delightful fantasy..and so Dali-esque :) f.l.
Douglas Fromm replied:
Thank you so much !... this was great fun to create, one of those intuitive pieces where everything just seemed to fall into place. It hung in a coffee shop in Atlanta for almost a year before someone bought it