Friday, September 2, 2022

People Problems

oil painting
18 by 24 inch Stretched Canvas
Started august 2022 - in progress

I'm question everything as I work through a painting.

Who do think I am?  
What is the difference between abstraction and representation?
When do I keep going?
Where does this painting fit?
Why not let charcoal marks show?

How does one painting generate so many questions and so few answers?
 
Alex
He's looking at a squirrel.
or a ghost.
Not sure there is much difference to him.

I am jealouse.  A cat can be curious.  There is no self doubt that I can see.  No worries about someone being threatened by asking questions.  

No questions, outside of when am I going to feed him.

oil painting
9 by 12 inch paper
untitled at this point


Sometimes, not often enough, I lose myself in a painting.  No doubts, no questions, just the feel of a brush, or knife, or papertowel, as they press against the canvas.  Reacting to some internal nudge.  Those days, I forget about isolation, demands on time and money, and just live.  

  



  

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