Hole New Beginnings
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3 reference photos taken over this past fall and winter
My ideas are fickle bitches, preferring to come in overwhelming floods or not at all. Both scenarios can leave me in a state of art making paralysis. Oh me.
Sometimes when I feel too overwhelmed to choose an idea and take action on it right away I do at least write and sketch plans for possible future use. Lately, I’ve been remembering and even feeling a measure of excitement about some old, inactive ideas. Yesterday, I took some action, some small action, but action nonetheless. I broke out my scrolling saw and cut an irregular hole in a lovely 48 x 24 x 2 inch deep cradled panel*. Then I spent a good chunk of time sanding it’s edges. Not thrilling but there you have it. So as this progresses (assuming it does indeed progress) the paint, my mood and various other things will decide how much or how little the above photos actually influence the painting. I’m thinking I’ll try to post updates now and then since I know some of you are interested in seeing that sort of thing.
*all measurements approximate
Today, in celebration of one of my favorite people ever, I have tentative plans to bake, ride my bike down to the place where I took two of the above photos and throw a bunch of cookies into the river. Hope you all have fun weekends planned, too!
-Steph
March 27, 2010 at 11:48 am
That square within the round, and vice versa also latches onto my cerebellum. Intriguing how progress sometimes takes patience, sometimes impatience…but consistently vigil and readiness.
March 30, 2010 at 9:09 pm
square pegs in round holes…
April 3, 2010 at 8:42 am
[...] how the work in progress is coming along. The photos will enlarge if you click them, and I think it’s worth it to get [...]
April 10, 2010 at 6:01 am
[...] panel needs more work. For comparison, here are the photos of what it looked like last week, and here are some photos of things that sparked the idea for the painting plus a look at the panel before it [...]
April 17, 2010 at 7:14 am
[...] interested in seeing process shots from along the way, I’ve been posting them as I worked here and here and here. Finishing this was a bit of a pain in the butt. I had an idea of what I wanted [...]