Greeting for 2013! I am back to my blog! First I got busy with 2011 summer. Then, January 2012, I fell into my stairwell and had two gifts from that fall. One was the best bone density test there is; a fall with no broken bones in spite of some Technicolor bruises. So much for allegedly having Severe Osteoporosis. Recovering cost too much time spent catching up, until now. Then, as I had a show opening in April 2012 at Swoon Fine Art, just outside Halifax, I had to get painting. (You can see much of my recent painting at swoonfineart.com.)
I got my second gift I got myself together to prepare for that April show: I was painting with a great deal more confidence, sureness, and satisfaction than ever before; the work turned out stronger than almost anything I'd painted before; and others noticed this step forward. I have been continuing on this path, preparing for a show this coming May, also at Swoon.
This morning I woke up with images in my head, and above are the thumbnails I quickly drew out. If you care about the order I did them: I began with the middle one on the left, then did the 3 of about the same size on the right, then the bottom left one, the bottom right one, and finally, the upper left one. I don't think it matters if you cannot read my notes to myself.
I am eager to get my January reorganizing (two Januarys worth!) done enough that I can make painting my priority, not a treat fitted into the rest of my day. More later....
3 comments:
I look forward to seeing your painting, maybe as a tribute to Van Gogh!
I like - and lots of detail really there and induced to imagine...
Right after drawing this I walked across the causeway with Louise, took a careful closeup look, and understood more of what I drew. By then the big gates this structure holds up were raised, blocking the view through them. They are raised to let the tide rip through to the river above, this turns the electric generators. It does it again on the outgoing tide.
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