Painting 30 in 30 - Day 11/Sostenuto

"Sostenuto"

acrylic on wrapped canvas

18" x 24"

I see many things in this one, at first I saw birthday candles, 

then I saw piano hammers/striking the soundboard.

Thus - sostenuto - which means 'sustained' in Italian.

 A piano has a sostenuto pedal..but this motion

that was created in the painting 

reminds me of a sustained note.

 I had a certain color palette in mind, only using

red, blue and yellow with black and titan buff for

mixing colors, tones and values.

I am loving pieces that are basically dry when I am finished

and I am continuing to push myself to stay 'abstract'

in genre.

See other's art at Leslie Saeta's blog HERE.