One of my intentions for this blog is to use it to journal, post research and pull the threads of what interest me from journaling into my paintings and drawings. I've been thinking about the way in which nature is constant in that it is always moving, it repeats itself, it is unstoppable. It is always in process. To that end, in some ways I am more engrossed by the process than the product. Work begets work, etc. The more we are in the studio, the more we find new directions in which to explore. But Processes also become part of my work and shape the forms that appear. I have been experimenting with them and have stumbled upon some interesting techniques for making paintings. Although this is new and is by no means perfected, it is exciting to be in the "lab" with no preconceptions about what will happen. I do not wish to turn this site into a slick representation of what I do, which is all fine and good - but I want to share the ups and downs too (perhaps I'm a masochist!). I may regret it but I feel compelled to show some of the steps that it took to get where I got.
There are some aspects of this painting that I really like, and parts I find to be clumsy. But I have been layering and layering for months and think I'm going to say it's finished. Not the most elegant piece ever but I learned a lot from it as it kicked my ass.
2 comments:
Sarah, I love the white section with all the layers. Why don't you crop it to just the parts you like?
I could if it were on canvas but it's on wood panel so not really able to do that. One thing I noticed is that it looks landscape - ish and if I turn it upside down it actually negates that and looks a bit better. Fun, fun!
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