To me there is something magical about having a dark background and a light foreground. This doesn't happen 'naturally' in art. If I were to use markers, crayons, textile paints, etc. I must plan my light colors before my dark colors. Maybe it's just the empathy of the work that goes into having a dark background with a light foreground, but I've always found it to be more striking than the reverse color combination...and beyond that I really enjoy making the background more detailed than the foreground... it's almost like a game... in this piece you instinctively know the interlacing strokes of solid color are the subject, yet it's the background that has the texture and volume.
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