BIRDS: A ORNITHOLOGICAL GESTALT EXERCISE Painting

The first impression is that it is an abstract painting. And, effectively, it is an abstract painting. However, there is more. Consciousness commands action, while the unconscious, through the movements of perception studied by Gestalt theories, commands meaning. Visual perception reveals (creates?) bird figures in the midst of abstraction. However, one does not replace the other, its manifestation is concomitant, even if our perception focuses only on one at a time. And so the pure form and the insinuation of birds coexist in the composition like two friends who still don't know each other well enough. ______________________________________ In this painting, acrylic paint was used for the background, as well as oil paint for finishes, lights, shadows and volumes; the work was created on a polyptych formed by 5 eucatex rectangles with a 2.5 cm wooden chassis. The work is ready to be placed on the wall and is kept in a wooden box. The side finish allows the work to be fixed without a frame.