Painting as I see it.
The balance between painting and representation is hard for me. Representation doesn’t take as much time and attention, because I have a camera and I’m pretty good at copying. But that isn’t what I want to do. Have you seen a bluejay in the woods? Only a camera can capture every feather, but is that why you were walking in the woods?
Thanks Jill. The note says to use these in my art, maybe collage. It’s almost Feb. but I felt like Christmas!
I’m going to have to give up on gessoed paper. It buckles too much, and I’m putting more energy into it. I think I’ll work on unstretched canvas. I’ve done that, before, but not for a while. Anyway, this is todays painting progress.
Donna gave me a bunch of bird magazines. The photos of the bluejays caught my eye. But we seldom see bluejays. From drawing to painting, this is not a bluejay.
I’m experimenting with Yupo paper, a polypropolene water media paper. Mine are 9″x12″. I used masking tape on the corner, to plywood. I’ll have white corners when I’m finished. May
be under a mat, or a feature ( when you’re hiding a mistake, call it a feature!) This has been an incredibly wet season, and part of our yard has slid down the mountain. What a big problem. So maybe that’s why this piece looks stormy and foreboding.
Everyone has disruption in life. After hearing Dr. Blasey Ford testify to her sexual assault, I realized I’d had something similar happen to me. I had repressed it, and always thought that the bad behavior of some men was my fault.
Climate Change isn’t just one thing. This painting may deal with the way Earth will look like from space.+
This is the beginning of a painting on paper. Sometimes they are part of the process to a larger work. I feel like this is the map that’s governing my life and our govt. now. Chaotic, mindless, and just maybe, heading somewhere.
I identified with the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. She said it disrupted her life for years. This is about my personal disruption.
Lots of things, but getting a new hip was MEGA. The pain was exhausting.