Bit of a break...
Took a bit of a break due to the holidays and am now contemplating my next set. I will probably incorporate texture seeing as it is a good dimension to begin exploring with the "style" (abstraction) that was determined from the last set.
I have not done alot of abstract work in my studies, nor have I made textural paintings and I think this project is going to lead me into some new directions. Recently I have realized that with this project I am a prisoner to the norm. As an artist the only decisions I can make regarding my paintings are mechanical, or compositional. I can only choose from a series of rules that I have placed upon myself as regulated by the public through bidding. In this project the artist is removed from the artistic process and takes on the act of producing rather than creating. It is interesting to disect the components of a painting with selective restraint, and in a sense I have given my soul to the devil of the public. Such can be a metaphor for life itself, for society or religion.




