Mysterious Mountain

And a funny thing happened. Once I got the earlier version up on flickr, I saw what was lacking (or so I thought.) I brought it outside and loaded up one of my big 10 inch brushes with some ink and two kinds of gold pigment. I practiced my 'swing' intending to aim the spray across the bulk of the mountian. I swished the brush and a big swath of gold goes right across the moon! Oh no!.. I then notice how sweet it looks dripping down over the mountain, which accomplishes what I wanted anyway, some sense of atmosphere and integration between earth and sky. A few careful spritzs of the spray bottle clears the moon of the gold and its good to go!

 

Soundtrack: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioL44VcIjvU

 

Piece is named after an intriguing piece of modern classical music by the Armenian Composer Alan Hovhaness, who is very mystical in his work I think. I remember in college trying to write a paper I could not stand and hearing the music and my mind instantly wandered far far away from the mundane task at hand

Done