Working the Edges
November 6, 2009 by Janice
Deer Tracks Nearby is a six panel piece of 40″ x 60″ pieces. They will probably be framed separately, given a 3 inch break between them, but in theory they should join in one contiguous piece. Like the land they are painted from, acres and acres of conserved land, privately held, adjacent to the Pearl River in Mississippi.
Except…
We have a slight problem.
Here, at the top…
We have a teeny, tiny problem.
Santa Fe painted panel and Dallas new in process panel are not quite in sync.
Hm.
Logistics can bite you in the butt.
And I noticed too that the painting from Santa Fe has a different quality to it.
Location DOES influence an artist’s work.
But the structure. The idea. The whole is sound.
Pat on the back.
And this can be fixed.
Artist looks again.
Hm.
These need to hold hands.
Each edge is a bridge and was intended to be seamless.
Sometimes we don’t get seamless.
Sometimes we have to work a bit along the edges,
In the breaks,
in the fractures,
in the change.
Now what we do with that…
Becomes part of the story
Working the edges…
How do I paint my way out of this? How do I make this work with all the rest?
How do I make these edges flow…
And belong…
How do I get them to hold hands?
Or do I leave some evidence of fracture?
Of disruption?
How rich do I want to make it?
Choices.
Choice,
Depends on intent,
Doesn’t it?
I need to reread my painting notes…
And see how what was intended, fits into now.
Because art is a living breathing thing…
We live it.
It’s not out there somewhere,
It’s here, right here
Working the edges,
Wondering which would be best for the piece…
Seamless…or evidence of fractures…
Well…the fractures…are more real…now,
But were they in the original drawings?
Now there is a very interesting question.
Paintings sometimes take on a life of their own…
Do we listen?
Or bend them to our will?
Yep. That’s my Friday.
Hope yours is going well. I could use some time at the Dragon Room for sure...a pitcher. Definitely a nice chilled pitcher of Naughty Margaritas all round. Save a seat for me will you?
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WOWZA
Quelle enorme!
they look sensational
you don’t mess with the small stuff!
:O
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