Here is consolidated some overall process, not related to a specific painting but rather to the construction of the project itself. Model Sessions Below are some selections from pastel sessions,…
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Process: A Place to Step Off From, A Place to Step Onto
Conceptually, this is the physical artifact created from my process of recovery and healing. It is the signpost closing off a period of grief, struggle and recovery. As the Coda…
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Process: Daily Affirmations
Here, my guiding prompts were ‘Struggle’ and ‘Recovery’. As in the others, I was holding events in my career in mind, as I worked through my ideas here. At the…
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Research: Action Painting / Tachism / Art Informel
The Tate refers to Tachism as the European response to the American Abstract Expressionism2. Also the Tate links it to Art Informel. So scanned through a variety of artists linked…
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Research: Application of Paint
There is a lot of take in from my less than exhaustive foray into exploring how paint is applied. I attended the Art Gallery of Ontario, The Artist Project, and…
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Process: The Things We Hold Onto
Prompt My guiding prompt for this image was “Grief and Recovery.” As with the others, this doesn’t mean the end painting needs to be strictly glaringly about these words, but…
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Process: Acts of Binding
Small Test Thoughts Relevant Sketches Full Size
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Project: Recovery is a Quiet Thing
Table of Contents Reading Theme and Concept The name of this project came first: Recovery is a Quiet Thing. This name speaks to how we focus on the grief, pain…
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Manipulating Paint and Form
During the winter, I had purchased an artwork from an overseas artist in Spain. The couriers, and customs, did not treat this work with respect, and it came to me…
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