A few finishing touches and this should be ready to hang on the wall-
“Jungle”- Original painting by MJ Seal. Acrylic on canvas, 5’ x 3’. C. 2020.
The plain canvas – which I made from scratch including the stretchers- has been sitting around collecting dust for some time now- like maybe 5 years (?) (🙄) . So as part of my resolution to not procrastinate on projects I decided it was time to do something with it – or trash it.
First a painterly layer of spring green leftover from another projectThen I applied lots of different paints leftover from lots of earlier projects. I mashed rags and wax paper into the paint to create some interesting patterns as a starting point.It quickly began to grow an inner worldMultiple faces and perhaps a bird on a twig developed in the left half.A phantasmagoric mass started to grow at the heart of itI glazed on several hues giving it an almost iridescent quality (hard to tell in the pics)- partially to tone down the creepiness- partially to give an effect similar to sunlight filtered through leaves in a forest. The ghostly entourage is almost camouflaged.
Hopefully I will be able to finish it over the weekend (🤞)
MJ Seal .Art 
Magnificent!
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Danke🙏 Yes there were several times I just wanted to paint over the whole mess and start over- but now I’m glad I didn’t.
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