Just got to a stopping point on a painting that I am very excited about. It's been a while since I've really been excited about working on something. I'm trying a new thing with distressed surfaces, and it has been hard to make something interesting, or that is really more meaningful because it is distressed. The idea of memory is important to my work, so I thought that distressed surfaces could enhance content, but it somehow seems to be obscuring it.. The new work is more like older work that I have done than like the new distressed surfaces. I'll post a picture after the critique on Wednesday. I want to experience initial response to it. An image of it in its formative stages is pictured in an earlier post. After the critique, I'll post a new image of it.
Below are stages of another work that I will have for the critique;
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Stage 1, close up
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Stage 2
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Stage 5 (white)
After this stage, I sanded with a rotary sander. I will show the sanded piece at the critique on Wednesday and post the image of the sanded piece after the critique on Wednesday.
I mounted one of my media studies and added rick rack to a mixed media piece that is totally out of my comfort zone. Will show at the critique and post images after the critique.
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I can't wait to see it. When you talk about using a rotary sander, it brings to mind that Jason Keith piece that we saw at Reynolds Gallery... "The dance is over".
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing your work. I think where you are at stage 5 would scare me. I love the other artists' work you have chosen to post. I can see how it is relevant for you.
ReplyDeletei love seeing the stages it goes through. each demonstrates a conscious choice. are there happy accidents you can share?
ReplyDeleteThe results of the sanding surprised me. They were not what I expected at all. I was disappointed in the results because it was not what I thought was going to happen. Michelle commented in the crit that I had composed while sanding, but I didn't really. Parts of it would not sand any further with the grade of sandpaper that I had on hand no matter how long I sanded the area. The sandpaper was responsible for the final composition, not me.
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