Monday, January 18, 2010

Acrylic on Canvas

40" x 60"

It’s so gratifying to know when a painting is complete. Seldom do i feel that way about much of them, yet when it happens, it feels good! I have been working on this one painting for about a week now and i recently hung it up in my kitchenette. Painting is still very new to me. I feel i’m beginning to walk away from experimental mark making and moving towards a new trend. I find myself studying the early works of Jackson Pollock. His Troubled Queen is a huge inspiration and i can see it whenever i want at the MFA Boston. His mindset, shapes, layering of material, marks, and color all factor into how i think when i stare into a blank surface. I plan to begin more pieces soon. I want to stretch my first massive canvas larger than this one here. Yet i also plan to make smaller stuff simultaneously. I want to know what it’s like to make more than one piece at the same time. When i paint, i almost achieve the same feeling i get when i workout or run. It affects my overall well being and i’m addicted...