I can't find words to pin to the process here, can't find words for all the ways nothing about this piece is what I 'had in mind' to paint when I started.
Maybe that's the point.
The language here is visual, not verbal. The painting comes only in a very small way from my mind.
I sit here now walking around this piece with my eyes, taking an unexpected tour of mystery—inner mystery, artistic mystery, the mystery of the universe.
I got stuck so many times. I got stuck in so many ways. Fear and resistance yammered at me, taunted me. I considered stopping, considered letting whatever was on the page in the moment be sufficient as an exercise.
But I kept returning. The painting kept calling me back.
I let fear and resistance yammer at me and run roughshod around my studio as I tried out new tools from the courses I've been taking. I made space for not-knowing, trusting that not-knowing held energy and gifts to move me forward.
And forward I moved! To a painting that scratches a wordless itch and feels complete.
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Enough Space Hides in Plain Sight to Hold All We Need 11 x 5.75"; acrylic, ink, collage, and oil pastels on paper canvas abstract 2022 |
6 comments:
It's lovely to dive in and to take a close look at all the intricate details!
Simone, enjoy your diving and the intricate details! Your comment captures what this piece offers me also—I have it propped on the desk in my study, and it keeps catching my eye and inviting me way way in to explore. It feels a bit like an optical illusion, sometimes giving me the feeling of being on my two week walking around peering through windows and passageways, other times giving me the feeling of flying overhead looking down on scenes from the air.
Not an easy task keeping everything together in a very busy painting. My eye travels all the different paths, intricate details and patterns.
Kudos!
Carol, I love how you get to the heart of the challenge with this painting—finding myself creating a 'very busy painting' and then having to find ways to keep 'everything together.' Glad your eye had the chance for some travel! Thanks for your kudos!
Gorgeous, glorious neural pathways. :) Haha. For me too Dotty. This goes from a street view to looking from above. And I keep traveling through it. Thanks so much Dotty for sharing this wonderful work with us! xoxo
Sheila, howdy! and thank you! Did you see my comment to Simone above? You're having the same experience as I'm having, going from a street view to looking from above. Back and forth, forwards and backwards. Happy to hear you keep traveling through : )
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