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please help me name this painting by Allen Vandever

please help me name this painting

maybe "Climbing to the Surface"? neat picture. faces and critters and beings all seem to be heading upward.
over 1 year ago
or:night streams.
over 1 year
excuse the delay, but you have to thank you and compliments for your art, an embrace
over 1 year
Allen,

Very nice! I would call it lost in a crowd.

Keep up the great work!

Wayne
over 1 year
very strong! I would name ist "Carneval", because the overwhelming colors for me hide some masks and figures in costumes, right?
over 1 year
I agree with Christian for ¨Carnaval¨
I love this work for movements and colors
5 months
Very interesting original work!!++ 5
over 1 year
Interesting work!I like your scream!!!!!!!
over 1 year
How about..."Gathering of mermaids"...?
11 months
Beautiful work:) Great colours and combination. To me it doesnt need a name, just untitled would be fine:)
8 months
Perpetum mobile
5 months
good colours...how about 'lost' there looks like people hidden in there
5 months
You have a great use of dark and light. I also like that I think I see faces, but am not sure. This allows my imagination to play a part. Your color and texture are wonderful. Kat Flint
5 months
It reminds me of the mirrors at the exerbition where you see many parts of yourself
5 months
Drifting in the shadows
5 months
I think this is just fabulous, might I suggest 'rhythm of the night' for the title. 5*
5 months
The faces of the world what a great idea
5 months
where's waldo
5 months
Colours In The Night, great abstract
5 months
Acid House Dance Floor. Nice job.
5 months
It looks like "Deep Water," based upon your first entry of this painting. I like the blue, which looks like water. Best regards ~ Carl
3 months
Hi, I'm the administrator for the group Contemporary Paintings on Canvas
, and I'd love you to add this picture to the group. (accepted)
3 months
What about calling it - "Frantic Blue" Great style and technique - Well Done!
2 months
"Nocturnal Gathering" I see an ocean of Dreams, a secret party. Love the concept, a unique and clever abstract Allan. 5*****
2 months
Lovely abstract,great colors,5*****
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
2 months
very interesting concept and idea. lovely color formation. 5*****
2 months
Hello Allen:
This is a reflection of your "Self-Discovery." Therefore, that is the name I have given it for you. Rather arrogant of me, but you asked for a name. Best wishes, Carl
1 month
How about "Broken reflections"...I like the half glimpsed images.
1 month
alot of great suggestions here...interesting how many different ways it can be seen.
i saw 'modern dance" myself.
:)
first i saw sort of a busy sidewalk scene...but then modern dance hit me and it still fit.

cool painting.
i see it again below..did you name it deep water?
1 month
Reminds me of the seminal modernist work "Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2" by Marcel Duchamp somehow. Does that offer any clues as to a springboard for a title?
Jacqueline
5 days
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Artist Statement
for Allen Vandever
Allen VandeverI feel an artist’s body of work is his unwritten biography, archiving his progress in both craftsmanship and self-discovery, all the while capturing the most personal and essential moments in his life, and revealing his personal reflections.
In my painting, I feel free from the jumble of words all too limited in their ability to fully illustrate an image of my sensations and reflections. Painting is a way to bypass the filter of conscious analysis—bypassing the point where we attempt to name and catalog our responses, which often diminishes the true glory of the moment.
I am free to explore my dreams, very often so intensely alive that they continue to exist in my sight in the material world. I have yet to find the words capable of illustrating such glorious visions, so I paint them that I may relive them, and that I might apply a pinprick into the veil between our worlds allowing a speck of light to illuminate its existence to others. I aspire to reveal such worlds to my son, that the images from my journey inspire him to begin his own exploration, for a mere sliver of light is enough to bring the world gushing forth, demolishing the walls that confine our thoughts.
Although I fail to find the words to convey my passion, I cannot deny their role in my reflection, for words have allowed me to further explore the images I have been moved to create. For when I write, I am transported into the silent realm of the mind, where the voices of human reason and passion can be heard in intimate conversation, contemplating the infinite dimensions of being.
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