For me to feel healthy and sane, I need to balance the solitude to reflect on my life with the action of getting out there and living life. I feel that I am growing as an artist as I introduce introspection into my images to balance the strength and energy that goes into my art.
For this series, which I will begin to reveal over the nest few days, I started with a sketch I did on paper using paint sticks. Drawing is an immediate reaction to emotions, images and the medium. Paint brushes put a little distance between the artist and the canvas, allowing the artist, and the viewer to move back and forth in communication.
Nice!
ReplyDeleteI think I may have drawing/painting and distance reversed. I use drawing prior to painting but feel a little less engaged w/ my pencils than with my paints. Don't know why.