Still Happy

Laughing Buddha #2 was not as good a painting as the trial run, so I decided to put the two together, via weaving:

"Double Happiness"

Not sure I saved it, but it was an interesting exercise. Weaving together "failed" paintings has sometimes produced a sparkling surprise. Other times, it just doesn't work. Not always clear why... Here are some thumbnails of other weavings I've done through the years. Some of them have appeared in this blog.

"Espiritu" - from two unrelated subjects -
I chose because of colors and then cut completely freehand.

"Prickles and Lace" - started with two florals, both in pinks.

"Robledo Sunset" - two very loose sunset paintings -- on Yupo!

"Anasazi Textures" - I tried the nearly impossible, weaving AROUND the main subject.

"Legacy" - on Yupo; polyester webbing, spraying, additional cut
shapes on top, background shapes lifted out. 

"Windy Fun" - here, the weaving provided only the background.

Can't recall if this one ever had a name - I chose two paintings with no subject relationship,
just liked the dark background and round shapes.

So if you are looking for inspiration, how about looking through a stack of "failures." Choose two that have SOMETHING in common - it doesn't have to be subject. They could be related only by color or by shapes...