Things can go slow when trying to birth a new idea. The problem with art shows is you have to come up with a new idea that is fresh but not too fresh and to too much like you did before. This morning has been a few hours of whiting out what I have been working on for a week. I do not like it enough; I have to white it out. It is time to let it sit and stew for awhile. Every year I swear that I am going to have the show done before January and here it is Christmas almost, and I have nothing good. I have a name but that is all. I am trying every trick in the book to get something going and it is still not working. So I am going to do nothing for awhile and stew a bit and find my air. Air is what I call being able to have flow where I am not aware of myself. I am not in any air yet so I will look for some. Maybe some fresh air outside will help.
photo by slworking2
I am a Northwest artist who is fascinated by faces and people. I work with a brush drawing of a face or human figure. Then I apply ink, paint and gel in various layers to create rich colors and textures. Along the way my images are painted, scrubbed, rinsed off, then ink and paint are reapplied until the final image is finally revealed. The process of discovering who the figures will become keeps me "intrigued and absorbed."