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Earth's Heart III

36 by 36 inch oil on canas color no shape abstract

13 total reviews

Comment from karen zima

Hi Carl, I was amazed when I read this was an earlier work of yours. I think these are your signature colors that you use today. I find that amazing. This painting is very eye-catchy with it's fiery reds and bold yellows. Nice contest entry, too.

Comment Written 25-Apr-2018

reply by the author on 25-Apr-2018

Thank you for your five star vote and your comments Karen. Earth's Heart was done in 1970, Earth's Heart II was done in the late 1980's (I think), and this one, Earth's Heart III was done in 2016. I do seem to like the hot colors.

Comment from Minnie Kaye

I have yet to grasp onto the abstract. I prefer realism.
I love the contrast of all the different light and dark colors.
Mostly I like how the yellow stands out in the middle.
Great job, thanks for sharing.

Comment Written 24-Apr-2018

reply by the author on 24-Apr-2018

Thank you for your five star vote and your comments Minnie. And, as I have said before I am a grandpa. I still have a difficult time understanding abstracts as well as why my brother-in-law wanted the first one, my niece wanted one and my 45 year old daughter wanted one and why that one won a third place prize in a Fusion Art contest. Just go figure.

Comment from Arctic Artist

Wow, what an amazing story to go with an amazing painting! Its very eye-catching. The colors blend in perfectly! Very pleasing to look at. Thank you for sharing and good luck in the contest! :D

Comment Written 24-Apr-2018

reply by the author on 24-Apr-2018

Thank you for your five star vote and your comments.

Comment from GaliaG

Excellent use of colors and tone,s it really looks like a betting heart

good filling of the frame, technique and presentation

thanks for sharing

Comment Written 24-Apr-2018

reply by the author on 24-Apr-2018

Thank you for your five star vote and your comments Galia.

Comment from ArtistCharles

Very nice abstract full of fire and fury. Nice use of color to create this image. Good sense of movement and flow in the pieces. The size of this must have presented you with many challenges. Well seen, well conceived and well executed. Good luck in the contest.

Comment Written 24-Apr-2018

reply by the author on 24-Apr-2018

Thank you very much for your six star vote and your comments Charles. I appreciate it.

reply by ArtistCharles on 24-Apr-2018

you are welcome. The piece deserved it.

Comment from michiganmike

The colors are beautiful and the composition is very attractive. It is a little like looking into a fissure and seeing the molten magma beneath a volcano.

Comment Written 23-Apr-2018

reply by the author on 23-Apr-2018

Thank you for your five star vote and your comments. It is appreciated.

Comment from Nancy Montana

The heart of the earth is fiery, ans the painting says that perfectly. The colors are bright and remind me of a furnace which is what the center of the earth is. Your A was well earned.

Comment Written 23-Apr-2018

reply by the author on 23-Apr-2018

Thank you for your five star vote and comments Nancy. Your word furnace brought back the genesis memory that created the core of when I first did this painting. It is at the heart of my memory each time I have done this painting. You see, once upon a time when I was a steel worker in my youth I was removing fire brick from a warming oven. A warming oven is used to keep steel ingots hot orange with that yellow center before they are moved out to be rolled in monstrous steel rollers to roll beat the steel ingots into I-Beams, H- beams and that sort of stuff.

The first surface of the fire brick has to be removed by hand, not really by your hand, but with a pick and spade tool. A person can stand full upright in the soaking oven. Anyway, there is a ten minute time limit of work before you are replaced with another worker. When I went over the ten minutes by I don't know how long, the foreman came in grabbed my coat by the back of the neck, dragged me out and threw me on the floor. Another worker sprayed me with a hose. I saw steam rising from my work garments, boots and gloves. When I got sprayed in the face, reality revisited me. He reached down, grabbed me in the front of my coat, picked me up to stand on my feet, looked me hard in the eyes and said something to the effect of, "10 minutes is 10 minutes. Go over there and sit down until I call you." The foreman, Mr. Hunt was a big man, and very gentle until when otherwise needed.

reply by Nancy Montana on 23-Apr-2018

You are very welcome. Thank you for tell me the story of your youth. Very interesting.

Comment from jesuel

That's pretty cool I love the varying shades of warm colors the yellows and reds compliment each other perfectly nice transitions beautiful work here

Comment Written 23-Apr-2018

reply by the author on 23-Apr-2018

Thank you very much for your six star vote and your comments.

Comment from dalebraatz

A very interesting looking work of art, like the colors and details and depth you have created here with colors, a pleasure to look at, thank you for sharing, dale

Comment Written 23-Apr-2018

reply by the author on 23-Apr-2018

Thank you for your five star vote and your comments Dale. Appreciate it.

reply by dalebraatz on 23-Apr-2018

Your welcome

Comment from Dick Lee Shia

Interesting info notes.

A warm creation with dabbed textures resulting to a cleaner no-shape abstraction.

Effective use of dark & light strokes.
A visual treat with great tonal range.
Subtle illumination.
Sharply focused.
Nice vignette effect...

Thanks for sharing...