It has been awhile since I posted – I was hoping to do some painting last weekend but with Easter and all…it just didn’t happen.
While I was driving to my American Marketing Association meeting last night, I caught an interesting interview on CBC Radio about an abstract artist. He was talking about how abstract art is easy to start and a challenge to finish. Because there is often no obvious finishing point, the closer an artist gets to completion, the tighter the work gets. Especially in abstract art, I thought about how true that is. I guess a painting becomes more precious the longer you work on it. I have certainly noticed that and I sometimes have a hard time determining if a painting is finished or overdone. This is especially true in my case in doing abstract art – a new form for me. I was very pleased with one piece as I was painting it and was afraid to ‘ruin’ it. When I went t back to it later, it was not as good as I remembered; it just wasn’t finished.
I took a new fresh look at the pieces that I submitted to the RAW and I think I have to go back and re-work a few of them. I find it interesting that, when putting all the pieces together, everyone chooses the same few as favourites. I think that they are just that much more complex or interesting…they are finished. It will be interesting to see if, when I continue to work on the others, people’s perceptions of them change. I am planning to work thought that phase so that I can push my work a bit. Worst comes to worst and I overdo the painting. I can always paint over it and use the underpainting to add texture!
While I was driving to my American Marketing Association meeting last night, I caught an interesting interview on CBC Radio about an abstract artist. He was talking about how abstract art is easy to start and a challenge to finish. Because there is often no obvious finishing point, the closer an artist gets to completion, the tighter the work gets. Especially in abstract art, I thought about how true that is. I guess a painting becomes more precious the longer you work on it. I have certainly noticed that and I sometimes have a hard time determining if a painting is finished or overdone. This is especially true in my case in doing abstract art – a new form for me. I was very pleased with one piece as I was painting it and was afraid to ‘ruin’ it. When I went t back to it later, it was not as good as I remembered; it just wasn’t finished.
I took a new fresh look at the pieces that I submitted to the RAW and I think I have to go back and re-work a few of them. I find it interesting that, when putting all the pieces together, everyone chooses the same few as favourites. I think that they are just that much more complex or interesting…they are finished. It will be interesting to see if, when I continue to work on the others, people’s perceptions of them change. I am planning to work thought that phase so that I can push my work a bit. Worst comes to worst and I overdo the painting. I can always paint over it and use the underpainting to add texture!
Posted is a painting that needs to be finished. I will work on it this weekend and post the revised to see if I have iporoived it or not... CRAZY - this painting is actually blue but it posted as reds and organge - I think I like this better!
This weekend, Cynthia, Yvette and I are getting together to paint – the weather is supposed to be beautiful so it will be great to paint outdoors. I am feeling very inspired and hope that I can create some good pieces.
This weekend, Cynthia, Yvette and I are getting together to paint – the weather is supposed to be beautiful so it will be great to paint outdoors. I am feeling very inspired and hope that I can create some good pieces.
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