Hat Paintings
a beautiful way to express a wide range of feelings
Hats have inspired me to create a wide range of paintings expressing happiness, fun, and beauty, while others explore intrigue, respect, and melancholy. In other words, my hat paintings span the full spectrum of paintings with feeling.
Most often, hats appear in my abstract figure paintings, but they are not limited to that - they also feature in paintings about war and in some of my surreal paintings. The simple, elegant shape of a hat can inspire endless possibilities. A hat can add “that certain feeling” I am always aiming for. I hope you enjoy exploring these examples...
Here's the paintings... click to enlarge with the details
This painting just flowed along so I called it Flo. Such a beautiful hat large and colourful. The face underneath is irrelevent but the neckerchief adds to that flowing feeling.
It's in watercolour, there is no better medium for getting blended colours in my view but I have not tried oils.
Each of these three abstract figure paintings feature hats and makes a different statement to the other two. One might have a sense of aloofness, arrogance even, another shows respect for the Hijab. The other painting about war is grey and dull. The face on this painting is important, full of pain. The common feature is the hat, all different of course but a vital piece of each painting. Watercolour is used here exclusively.
Is this a hat painting? yes it is! Look carefully and you will see it, oh and the title is Frank, that is a big clue.
I usually use watercolour but this one is in acrylic, it gives it a brittle shine which I think suits the painting.
These three paintings with hats are large about 60 ins wide and they look great together on an office wall. I loved getting that swoop into them, I think the first one must have been inspired by baseball.
They are called Collars I II and III for obvious reasons
A number of these paintings have been exhibited widely including open exhibitions at the Royal Watercolour Society
I hope you have enjoyed this post, It is a fun post showing how a simple thing like a hat can inspire many paintings. You can see more of my artwork and posts on my website alanbrainart.
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