Postcards from the Imagination

Inspired partly by a captivating photograph of Scoplaw's friend Riposte, and partly by a recent trip to the National Gallery of Art where, much to my surprise, I enjoyed a Mark Rothko exhibit, I painted this last night.

If I have time later today I'll amend this post to qualify what I mean by inspired, as the canvas above bears no resemblance to the aforementioned photograph. Note: I am not a painter. Just someone who enjoys fiddling around with paint occassionally. The original is 18" x 24" acrylic on canvas. My camera's flash produced a lot of distortion in the upper part of the black band. In the actual painting, the top is as neat as the bottom.