Most of the paintings I make are fairly tightly rendered, and sometimes I feel like I start to spiral into a maze of details and lose sight of why I love painting in the first place. When that happens I like to take out my acrylics and do whatever. I try to forget about how it will turn out and just put paint on paper.
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These are really lovely. I like the strong composition of them! I did this a few weeks ago and it felt like a holiday. It was as though I didn't want to go back to my other way of working, but strangely I kind of did, but I feel much more loosened up now!:D
ReplyDeleteBoy, don’t I know that one. Detailed illustration constrains, wild acrylics liberate! I once had a studio in my basement, the sole purpose of which was to ‘sling paint’. Or attack the canvas, ha, ha. Equipped with a loud stereo, buckets of acrylics and canvases taped along the walls.
ReplyDeleteYou can see a couple of them here:
http://sonofincog.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-post.html
(not the tight geometric painting)
Next time I move I think I’ll do it again.
Great paintings – the colours are fantastic. I can feel the joy of your brush-strokes . . .
Otherwise agree with Jess.
Cheers!
Son