Back In The Paint
After I made a sound composition talking about paint last month, maybe I was subconsciously trying to tell myself something.
I’ll be the first to admit that among my creative endeavors, painting has been the one that I’ve neglected the most over the last three years. While I planned out some concepts, bought supplies, had canvases stretched (or for the larger ones, cut out), most of them have sat around waiting like patients in an overbooked doctor’s office.
Call me naive, but I like to cling to the silly notion that things will always balance out. Sure, that goes against most of my pragmatic beliefs, but I also believe achieving balance is a self-determined thing. That even if I could not bring painting up to the high echelon of priorities right away, it would return in due time.
Now it finally has. With the website revised, a new MJR recently finished, a TAGB proposal sent, and Novel 2 on hiatus, the time was now to get back in the paint. It helped immensely motivation-wise that an opportunity to publicly display my work has presented itself. Since that’s something I’ve never done before, it brings me a new experience to absorb… that even if it doesn’t turn out all rosey, I can say I tried. And you know how important that is to me.
With that said, it’s time to head down to the subterranean studio with some caffeinated beverages, pump my Zero 7 and Thievery Corporation mix, and get to work on the future. Have a nice 4th of July weekend. Peace.
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POSTSCRIPT: For the record, revisiting the world of acrylics this month was a fantastic decision… if I do say so myself.
Basically it all came down to the process. Sometimes when you dwell on the negative end-product (as in “What have my paintings done to help fund my career?”), you can forget all of the positive elements associated with creating it in the first place.
Testing color blends, using different brushes, and trying new techniques can make the experience itself a plus— in addition to the finished project. It’s a blast to savor the disconnection from reality, and immersion into this world where it is just me, the paint and the canvas.
By the way, I’ll add in my humble personal criticism, that the two completed paintings are probably the best ones I’ve done in my career (you can see them here and here). This gives me hope that I can potentially build upon. We’ll see.