Untitled, 2012
graphite on paper
9 x 12 inches
studying a new painting through drawing.
5.30.2012
5.24.2012
5.18.2012
5.14.2012
observations
When you hit a wall, just kick it in.
-Just Kids, Patti Smith.
a good reminder for the studio....
learning to let go of my own preconception of what i think a particular painting should look like. recently, i have gotten a couple of paintings to a point where they were almost 'done'...
in the past, i might have just finished these paintings to their logical state of completion....
i am now figuring out how to push past that point and let go of the image that the piece was becoming. i am realizing that once i stop holding onto the idea that a work is almost done, i can actually move forward- because all of a sudden there is more space for exploration. i think this is allowing the work to develop into something hopefully much better and more challenging than what was previously going to be the "finished" painting.
i think it's important to recognize when i am standing in my own way (of developing as an artist). sometimes i need to remember to just kick in my own walls.
below, a detail of a work in progress.
-Just Kids, Patti Smith.
a good reminder for the studio....
learning to let go of my own preconception of what i think a particular painting should look like. recently, i have gotten a couple of paintings to a point where they were almost 'done'...
in the past, i might have just finished these paintings to their logical state of completion....
i am now figuring out how to push past that point and let go of the image that the piece was becoming. i am realizing that once i stop holding onto the idea that a work is almost done, i can actually move forward- because all of a sudden there is more space for exploration. i think this is allowing the work to develop into something hopefully much better and more challenging than what was previously going to be the "finished" painting.
i think it's important to recognize when i am standing in my own way (of developing as an artist). sometimes i need to remember to just kick in my own walls.
below, a detail of a work in progress.
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