1. Detail of an unfinished painting: canvas, modeling paste, alcohol ink, spray paint stencils.
2. Detail of an overworked painting: canvas, modeling paste, alcohol ink, acrylics, vintage magazine photos, spray paint, stencils.
3. Pieces from a ripped painting experiment with textures repurposed as a map painting.
4. Blotter paper underneath my table easel.
Anytime I make any "agenda" driven art, I run into trouble. This week I have been out of focus, trying to "steal" my way into the zone, wanting something new to show, knowing all the while I've been on the wrong track and pushing forward anyway. After taking three photos for this post, I looked down to the blotter paper underneath my table easel and realized that it had a more natural, uninhibited flow than anything I had consciously done. Another on of those moments when the art spirit is wide awake while I was dozing!
2 comments:
Marie I think both the ‘contrived' and the accidental are appealing. I love the haziness and the subtlety in the first two paintings but I also like the drama in the the following paintings and blotter creation. A very creative week all told.
Thanks Sylvia! I've learned a lot this week from my "errors"....I guess that is part of creativity! Everything I've done has been experimental...parts I like and parts I find dismal!
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