Bridge: Oil on canvas, 45x35This is the beginning of my current body of work. It was definitely the product of everything I had been thinking about. I find it funny when you take a break for awhile you start creating much better work than the kind that you began with. Reflection can be important in my process. Sometimes I find myself super stressed out because instead of general to specific I flourish much more on chaos, and then sorting everything out. Surprisingly I didn't have that same kind of battle with this one. It was like a painting on the tip of my tongue and i merely had to pick up a paintbrush and the image made itself. Got to love when that happens, however rare. I generally start with a mark and then see where it takes me, I make an abstract form from that, think of what I'm thinking about and then put it there. Sometimes it can become quite the debaucle.
I would also like to state for the record that I'm one of those person who likes staring at trees for long periods of time, because I don't think there is anything cooler than a tree for the most part, so sometimes there's an awful lot of trees and tree based elements in my work!
More to come! I highly suggest reading my artist statement if you're not familiar with my work. It took me forever to upload it correctly and it's pretty badass in my own imagination. I'll also confess that sometimes it's not about landscapes and memories and all that artistic bullshit that art school forces us to think about, battle with and come to terms with. Sometimes I'll just put something on canvas and think it looks pretty and I think I'll use this blog as a podium for confession when I just like how something looks. Dear bloggers, If I confess to you you CANNOT tell all the really snobby art critics that will obviously someday be judging me on the quality of my artistic integrity.
