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| That October Feeling watercolor 12.75 x 9 |
can be tricky. The more relationships one has, it seems to me, the more complex life becomes. The same with paintings. The more objects in the painting, the more complex the painting of it becomes. We started out this week in class by piling a large number of organic autumn objects onto a well-lit table. Gourds. Pumpkins. Grasses. Branches. Mums. Squashes. Even a Caramel Apple. We are using our handmade cropping windows to find interesting compositions. Everyone's is different. In the beginning, we paint each object separately to the best of our abilities. Then later, we need to contemplate the prioritizing of the elements, and, in turn, to consider the hard and soft edges that support this prioritization. For me, the relationships of the forms become more important than the objects themselves. I look for hidden rhythms to carry out my intentions. Forms become alive, almost like persons who make up a crowd....persons at a party, persons at a meeting. Persons having a conversation.
Animated objects. Struggling in relationships. Mirroring reality.
