The Daily Spectrum - How Does My Art Evolve?

Sometimes I'm just not sure!  I settle myself on my chair and prepare to begin just to find that I need to hold onto my hat - whiplash- the painting has begun on its own momentum- the idea dangling way out in front and I have to run like a greyhound after a rabbit to keep up.

It stops as abruptly as it began.  The next painting follows suit.  I have had painting sessions where I've completed a dozen small paintings in this manner...they shot out the gate and left me with wonder in its wake.

Not all sessions have been that lively or quick.  I've had some still life paintings take weeks to plod off the paintbrush.  It was a process of methodical layering and waiting for drying to happen in between.

I remember painting a series of abstracts starting in 2011 that went until the summer of 2012. The canvases were various sizes, from 8x10 up to 16x24, but all involved bright colors with embedded positive words in them.  A number of these works ended up in a gallery showing in March 2013 in Camden Maine. Numerous show attendees studied the works - some said they were intense, others said they were playful. A third person said the work featured below "looked peaceful" to him.  (I hadn't considered the public's reaction to this line of working.)

For me, creating art, for the most part, is peaceful...it is a slow, methodical process where I need to focus intently on every move of my hand.

Peace in the universe--flows through me- my hand- out onto the paper- for the viewer to have peace too...

That is the best evolution I have observed to date.

Until next time,
The Happy Painter,
Jill