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Bah, acrylics on  75cm x 115cm canvas, september 2011

And here it is... Session Two of the Audiofeel Painting Project. Two canvases that eventually became one...(oh, how I love happy endings...)

(There's some 12 more half-finished paintings in my paintingstudio-which-doubles-as-an-ironing-room at the moment. This week I discovered the ironing board is really handy for putting canvases on that need to be out of the way to dry...the iron has some paint on it now, oh well...)

If you're thinking "audiofeel paintings, huh?" then read more here and/ or check out the previous painting blogpost.

Booh, acrylics on 75cm x 115cm canvas, september 2011

It took some time before I could see the possibility of these two canvases side-by-side, and that it would only take a little to connect them. (Yes, been doing a lot of connecting these last few weeks!) It was all about taking the time to wait !
....*taptaptap*........................*filing nails*...(ëcheck out the article on creativity and waiting too...) 

 


Booh & Bah (connected), acrylics on 2 canvases of 75cm x 115cm, september 2011

 

Booh & Bah (separated), acrylics on 2 canvases of 75cm x 115cm, september 2011

Audiomuse

I've written about my painting/creative process over on The Happy Sensitive, and how, I've recently been painting to music. Nothing new about that. But, I've found it's pretty hard to find the right kind of music. I mean, it needs to be music that inspires and resonates, but not the kind that makes you wanna lounge, or drown in it, or wish you were a better person (yes, some music does that, don't ask me how they do it). So it's been a long long time since I remember finding a band that remained fresh everytime I heard it, that stirred something prompting me to paint, and that is danceable too (too much sitting will kill you). So, here's the first of a series painted to the music of Audiofeel. I'm still experimenting with the power of shapes, lines and colours...how far can you pull the canvases apart without destroying the overall image? (I need a camera with more Zoom!)



O, acrylics on 2 canvases of 50 cm x 70 cm, september 2011



O (separated), acrylics on 2 canvases of 50 cm x 70 cm, september 2011



Making Connections

Art is all about making connections. Between your hand and your heart, your eyes and your impulses, the different shapes already on canvas, and the different shapes still announcing themselves. It's fun to play with these connections. To take previously unrelated parts and connect them and to break old connections by turning canvases to reveal new possibilities. It's a lot like every day life: turning corners, seeking the bigger picture, finding new visions...islands, 4 canvases total size 1m x 1,10m, acrlyics and paper on canvas, august 2011

The Art of Finishing a Sentence

The other day, I was talking to someone about how art is a way to order thoughts, emotions and experiences. Sometimes, the ordering part of that process becomes very apparent. The series above consists of a collection of works that were originally separate and unfinished. Like sentences on their own, I couldn't finish them until I started to connect them and a bigger picture emerged.
Totempolar Connections, 5 canvases of 30 x 40cm, acrylics, August2011