Float - Finished?
Float
Do you remember this painting from last summer? I have had it hanging in my studio for quite a while (since I dropped it while hanging it above a fireplace and punched a tiny hole in it from the corner of the mantel).
It has been fun to work on it with Caran D’Ache artists’ crayons while it was hanging. It has been a kind of meditational activity. I believe it is finally finished now with the addition of a very faint “Float.” It’s a very peaceful and relaxing piece to have in my studio, a place where I generally do not like to have a lot of art to distract me. I must say that I still wish I had what I first painted, so I may have to re-visit this topic on another canvas.
Float - detail
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:39 pm
For me, the hardest part of making art, especially paintings, is not only knowing when to stop, but to actually stop. It’s too bad there’s no ‘undo’ available.
But I like this. It certainly has the feel of drifting along in a canoe or kayak in still water, dragging your hand in the water.
June 4th, 2008 at 6:13 am
Hi, BJ - Yes! I haven’t learned yet with painting to let it be for a day or so. Patience, grasshopper! Always glad to hear from you, V.