Delray Beach Artist: Name That Painting, Win a Print on Paper & Psychological Evaluations

I'm always surprised when there is a name for what I am doing (or a disorder I have) but I am happy when I learn it. Sometimes it feels like the name was just newly invented & I caught it on a cosmic wave.

My new word is Pareidolia as it relates to art ; In his notebooks, Leonardo da Vinci wrote of pareidolia as a device for painters, writing "if you look at any walls spotted with various stains or with a mixture of different kinds of stones, if you are about to invent some scene you will be able to see in it a resemblance to various different landscapes adorned with mountains, rivers, rocks, trees, plains, wide valleys, and various groups of hills. You will also be able to see divers combats and figures in quick movement, and strange expressions of faces, and outlandish costumes, and an infinite number of things which you can then reduce into separate and well conceived forms."

( like finding shapes in clouds)

My canvases begin with drips of paint, swipes of a palette knife and many wipes of a brush, all the remnants of the previous painting (see below) Prior to learning my new word I was describing my process as creating and taking my own Rorschach tests. The only part that was missing was the psychological evaluation and like cooking, I think thats best left to the professionals.

I recently completed the painting below and am a bit stuck on a title. I thought about calling it "Take A Pill" but thought it would be more interesting to hear what you think !

Name That Painting

Please leave you title here or on Facebook or twitter.

My Facebook is Dana Donaty

My Twitter is Dana Donaty

The winning name will win a 15" x 15" print on paper.

I will announce the winner on this blog, Facebook & twitter on March 26th

I can't wait to hear what you think

:-D