Friday, March 17, 2006

lies.


this is another lie. an image formed in my mind based on images that i percieved that i wanted to become integrated into my consciousness. the original image moved me so much that i wanted to reproduce it. the sketch is just the begining of this process. now i am focusing on the colour aspect so that i can get it right in my mind before i proceed to the canvas.

4 comments:

Dr.Alistair said...

because iif i dont then i won`t.......

Dr.Alistair said...

o.k. i`m busted........i mean that i find the creative process blocked by the mundane day-to-day functions of domestic life and so, it takes extra-ordinary effort to put myself into the creative mindset for long enough to do the scetches, the colour choices, the application and texture experimentation etc. so that i will be happy with the outcome. music is different in that respect. it comes out in a flow, like a river. i have been playing guitar for 30 years so it`s second nature. painting is a different thing altogether. i see the colours so intensely that i can feel them and that is a barrier at times because i get so overwhelmed by the mere colour it`s self thet it stops the focus on the work.....how wierd is that? i will post another piece that i did some years ago that still effects me that way.

Dr.Alistair said...

i think the pictures and certainly the images of colour themselves in my mind are sufficient enough to stop many of my attempts to recreate them on canvas. i have come close on occasion though and so i return to the canvas with optimism. there ahve been times where i have been to a gallery or artist`s showing where i have been literally overcome and had to leave. ther is a canadian group of painters who are called the group of seven. thier work does that to me. it`s like a drug.

Dr.Alistair said...

anything that allows the mind to transcend the mundane is good for the soul........it is like taking a holiday, without the hassle.