In the mean time, I've taken this opportunity to see other media. Here are some small acrylic paintings I did this week. They are 7"x11" and on paper.
These can take me from 1 to 4 hours to paint, whereas an oil painting can take me . . . Honestly I don't even know. An absurd amount of time. And I think you can see the freshness in these. You can see they were done quickly and there's something immediate about that that I like.
Also as a result of my break up with oil painting I've been drawing more.
I was really excited about this last drawing. I feel like it walks on that line between tenderness and something more sinister. Like you're not sure if what's happening is good or bad. That really interests me, because I think that's how life often is, or that's how relationships can be. They're more complicated than how they're sometimes categorized. Life isn't good or bad. It's both. I always find it contradictory.
Timekeeping:
Figure Drawing : 1.5
Oils: (before the break up) 3
Drawing: 5.5
Acrylics: 10
Grant Proposal: 0.5
Maybe you need a sandbox in your bedroom ;)
ReplyDeleteI like the color in the small acrylics and the scale relationship between the brushstroke and the images they create. it looks like it feels right to you. the sinister/tender thing is interesting so let it come into the work,and also include other emotions if they come in too.
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