naturally I wanted to get more work done but various things have slowed production down - the good news is, I finally have my new studio annexe without any furniture stored in it, so...
At last space, space to be able to walk around, space to be able to lay the work flat, ...space!!
This is the latest version of "Pain", it has been on the wall for a while now and suggested the changes that have taken place - I know that it was practice of Braque to have his paintings 'sitting' around so that they would speak to him, an old tutor of mine witnessed this first hand when having tea with him, in mid conversation Braque suddenly stood up, grabbed his palette and proceeded to work on a painting! He said that it was when he wasn't thinking about the painting, that the painting spoke to him and said what it needed.
The next image did not start out as one image, it began as two separate canvasses and this is what occurred - it really is refreshing to make work in this way, it is without boundaries but not without intent, it still requires openness and at the same time, control.
The 2 canvasses are 4ft x 2ft - I wanted to work with double squares after hearing Albert Irvin mentioning this was the proportion favoured by Van Gogh - however, I ended up with a square! This made me make another square 4ft x 4ft with the possibility of an 8ft x 4ft triptych.
Naturally this was never the intention as there was no intention, only a response.
The image below is the first 2 stages, it has been worked on since ...
Again, this is an innate response without any preconceived direction, so even the notion of the triptych has not controlled the outcome - it is important to point out that all this freedom is not without doubts; doubts about my own ability are ever to the fore, just what exactly am I doing? What is the relevance of all this? Why don't I just paint something, that looks like something, that demonstrates a skill and where people will not be made to feel uncomfortable in their understanding about the paintings and their intent .... steady now, steady. As Pissaro said "I recall that at the Academie Suisse there were students who were remarkably skilful and could draw with surprising sureness. Later on, I saw these same artists at work; they were skilful, but no more than that. No, no, no, that is not art!"
I need to remind myself that in order for me to develop I have to push my boundaries of my understanding and in order for that to happen I need to do this or do I?
This is the latest version of "Pain", it has been on the wall for a while now and suggested the changes that have taken place - I know that it was practice of Braque to have his paintings 'sitting' around so that they would speak to him, an old tutor of mine witnessed this first hand when having tea with him, in mid conversation Braque suddenly stood up, grabbed his palette and proceeded to work on a painting! He said that it was when he wasn't thinking about the painting, that the painting spoke to him and said what it needed.
The next image did not start out as one image, it began as two separate canvasses and this is what occurred - it really is refreshing to make work in this way, it is without boundaries but not without intent, it still requires openness and at the same time, control.
The 2 canvasses are 4ft x 2ft - I wanted to work with double squares after hearing Albert Irvin mentioning this was the proportion favoured by Van Gogh - however, I ended up with a square! This made me make another square 4ft x 4ft with the possibility of an 8ft x 4ft triptych.
Naturally this was never the intention as there was no intention, only a response.
The image below is the first 2 stages, it has been worked on since ...
Again, this is an innate response without any preconceived direction, so even the notion of the triptych has not controlled the outcome - it is important to point out that all this freedom is not without doubts; doubts about my own ability are ever to the fore, just what exactly am I doing? What is the relevance of all this? Why don't I just paint something, that looks like something, that demonstrates a skill and where people will not be made to feel uncomfortable in their understanding about the paintings and their intent .... steady now, steady. As Pissaro said "I recall that at the Academie Suisse there were students who were remarkably skilful and could draw with surprising sureness. Later on, I saw these same artists at work; they were skilful, but no more than that. No, no, no, that is not art!"
I need to remind myself that in order for me to develop I have to push my boundaries of my understanding and in order for that to happen I need to do this or do I?
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