Friday, July 16, 2010

Cracked Ten

Notes on what I have learned thus far about painting:
These images drop in from the recesses. I do not have a formal relationship with them. My hand paints them and later the images introduce themselves. Sometimes the wrong color and line emerge, and then I go in and move the paint around until it feels right somehow. This is really an enjoyable process. I think it is the same image trying to come through even though the painting looks completely different. I am uncomfortable leaving something unfinished; meaning only it is something I don't quite like. That's a very new experience, to insist on completion (knowing too that it is always still evolving). This way I can move freely to the next painting with fresh eyes and spirit, without residue.


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