When I’ve felt stuck with writing, I’ve sometimes tried to make art. My tastes run more to the semi-abstract and non-figurative, so that’s what I often end up doing. I’m a longtime fan of the natural media app Painter, and my production cycle goes back and forth between Photoshop and Painter (I use a tablet and stylus), with frequently saved iterations then cycling through Deep Dream Generator and back again into Painter and Photoshop. It tends to be a process of discovery: I seldom know what it’s going to come out as when I start (the derivation from Rodin’s Burghers of Calais is an obvious exception), and simply follow the lines or patterns as I iterate, usually over several dozen versions. I’m sure my deuteranopia shows in my color selection, and I’m fine with that. The files linked below (click to embiggen) are a little less than half the size of the originals (about 40 inches wide at 150 dpi).
![abstract blue and green landscape](https://i0.wp.com/preterite.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the_night_tree_small.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
![abstract painting](https://i0.wp.com/preterite.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/draft_abstracts_2_small.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
![semi-abstract painting of Rodin's "Burghers of Calais"](https://i0.wp.com/preterite.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/calais_small.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
![semi-abstract painted landscape](https://i0.wp.com/preterite.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/draft_landscape_8_small.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
![abstract painting with blue and green](https://i0.wp.com/preterite.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/draft_abstract_9_small.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
![abstract painting of a figure](https://i0.wp.com/preterite.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/draft_figure_7_small.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
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