Big studio, small paintings, and breaking my rules
The studio
I now have a vast space to work in. So, of course, I’m working on small paintings.
I’ve started to experiment with figurative images in my paintings.
The source material for the hand comes from one of the many “eye candy” images I’ve saved. An intuitive choice. It reminds me of a Throwing Muses record cover, which, after a quick Google search, exits only in my imagination!
Why figurative images?
To see what might happen, to challenge myself technically, and to break some of my unwritten rules about painting.
I feel uncomfortable using figurative images – I’m uncertain how they’ll be read and what they mean. I want to make paintings where I’ve gotten myself out of the way, allowing the painting to emerge. Works that are, hmmm, authentic. I’m not sure if figurative images allow this (yet). It’s early days; this is new ground that will be unfamiliar. Also, I like a challenge.