I struggled with this little painting for the last five days - I painted, scraped, painted, scraped, tossed in a corner, wiped off, painted, painted, finally got something and then f____d it up again!!! I won't blame all the life interruptions because to be honest, circumstances are never going to be perfect! Perfection is some sort of magazine fantasy or book fantasy! Today was so disjointed it's hard to track back and sort through all the starts and stops and constant interruptions - but then, it's all that sort of energy that my work is about - I like where this finally landed and I think it really speaks about what my week has been like thus far. So this is my life on a 10x10 board using extreme mixed media - and yes, I have also ramped down my surface size which caused a real jolt to how I work - at least I'm breathing normally again - hope you are all making art!
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I am SO laughing with you Jeane! I am almost always the problem in the studio. I like it when I finally or at least occasionally get out of my own way!
Love the header and this piece.
Your day may require treatment of the adult beverage type. I'll join you...in spirit. (little pun there)
;o)
Me too. And then some.
LOVE this one! Very glad you decided to stop and just let it be. :) I can totally relate about getting out of my own way while creating!
I like your painting. It has alot of energy. Good job!
Will be interesting to see where it goes next. Tomorrow it might start to sing!
Life is frustrating when it gets in the way of having a good time! I'll join you and Leslie with that adult beverage!!
Extreme mixed media....I love it! Breathing and drinking...two really good cures and then there is tomorrow...your words give us all courage to go back today and dance again!!!
Hi Jean, I have been struggling with a painting for weeks now. It has completely changed everytime I go at it....and maybe there is no other way than to keep adding layers, taking away, redoing. Surely your luminous surfaces are not easy to achieve. Just love your paintings!
LOVE the new header and the painting you think is all mucked up
good morning Leslie - adult beverage is the perfect resolve - it made the other two pieces I'm working on look fabulous! :)
ah, laughter, the best remedy for all our woes, No! thanks mansuetude :)
yes, getting out of our own way is the best thing we can learn, thanks Itaya :)
thank you Wax Beach and thanks for coming by :)
I think it goes on the floor facing the wall, but if it does start to sing I will pay attention, thanks Annie! xxo
so true, so true Derrick! Skoal!
excellent cures I'd say Mary Ann - yes, back at it! there is only one way, and that is forward xxo
Ugh Chris - I'm so over this painting for awhile, hope you find a resolve for yours, thanks :)
xxo Daryl! thanks
oh, I know the struggles with colours and papers and canvas...
now your little painting is great and your header wonderful!
Sometimes you just have to turn the thing to the wall and give it a time-out. I'm glad you have a sense of humour about it.
Making art?
Well, I don't know.
I'm baking today.
Does that count?
jeane, i see a wolf/dog creature there... boy, i sure do like him.
heh, heh... extreme mixed media...
xoxo
(good grief. wv is 'resins')
Salvadore Dali said:"Have no fear of perfection-you'll never reach it."
But then again,Dali never saw a Jeane Myers painting.
Luv,luv,luv this piece.
Let's just laugh at the concept of perfection..we're too old to get hooked by that...you have more than that..a reality that keeps growing!
Love the energy and direction of your brush strokes in this piece.
M x
good morning mano, I guess the struggle is supposed to make us better, but sometimes I don't mind just being regular :)
exactly Mr. Berger! and humor must always ride in my back pocket :)
Count? baking is at the top of the creative chain Pamela! hurray, wish I lived in your neighborhood and could walk up to your backdoor with a distressed look on my face that could only be cured with a hot cup of tea and something warm and yummy fresh from your oven - sigh :)
it got pretty extreme Lynnie - started adding stuff I didn't know I even had because at some point who cares what goes on the surface, right? xxo
Dali is totally right in my opinion!! perfection is the driving force and where would we be if we had it? nowhere I guess, thanks Jackie :)
oh, Lyn, I love this idea! a continous growing reality! it's such an interesting concept, than you! xxo
thank you Kayla, what the photo doesn't show is that the white center is oil pastel and it looks better in person :)
You know what? This has a story etched right into it. I like it and I also like the story about it. Its hard to give up on a piece. I think I've only painted over one canvas in my life, and I still cringe to think of it. But it's all good. This is dynamism.
It’s always a pleasure
to see such a Wonderful Work
good creations
good morning Parabolic, thank you - we are made up of so many parts and so are my paintings :) and thank you for all your other comments :)
thank you Skizo, glad you like it :)
I really do like this piece, and the story it tells. Sometimes breakthroughs come when we reach that "who cares, it's already f----d up" place. I love it! Hope you enjoyed the adult beverage, and the new perspective therein!
I like the abstract.
I hope you're feeling excited by all that you are doing as you experiment and tear things up.
I know just how you feel, but don't articulate it quite as nicely as you do!
This piece is fantastic. I see your greatness in each of the smears, lines and color choices.
You are amazing.
good morning Sharmon and thank you, glad you like it
Leovi, glad you came by, thank you
you are too kind Melinda - I have been making crap lately, but at least I'm getting it out of the way of something better coming down the road, soon I hope - I finally got a little painting to work the other day, so I'm hopeful xxo
Ah, making art! Looking at your blog is a reminder that I need to make art....maybe today! Came back from traveling with terrible cold and it is hard to move into make art space...your blog helps! Thanks, Jeane.
My first visit -- wow! Just reading this entry made me chuckle -- something must be in the air as frustration reigned for several days of angst! One just keeps slogging onward (and hopefully upward) -- thanks for sharing!
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