What a rich posting! Thank you for the look in to your work and process, again. I am not an artist, and so I love the visuals, from the wild spaces you gather from to the finished work. To me, it is all lovely and mysterious.
The elegant beauty of your post is a lodestar for me. Beyond (or beneath) that, this is what I need to start using the collection of local pigments I have been collecting and to prepare for gathering local wildflower this growing season. To start not with how they can be used as support, but with the pigments themselves, the idea for form that they inspire out of their very being. I have one small canvas that I painted that way, but did not recognize until I read your words why it is the one I keep on view. I am so grateful that you share your work, your experience, and thoughts this way.
This is breathtaking! I loved the idea of planned 'obsolescence' incorporated into the Blessings Everlasting. As graphically compelling as the work is at its start, the selective fading of some colors after a year lends the image an ethereal beauty that could not have been achieved at the outset. This turns 'time' into an artist's tool--as valid as any paint brush, if meticulously utilized. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
How intricate and methodical and loving your work is. The process and discoveries you made painting with the plant dyes … the fading of the ‘weaker’ words. The impression of this piece will stay with me.
“I could work their fugitive quality into a piece, and insure that however much they fade, the work remains an art piece.” - thank you for putting into words what I have felt instinctively! I own and adore both your books. Wonderful read.
thanks for taking the time to go into so much detail. I have also used disappearing colour deliberately in art works, but you have taken it to a whole different level with that awesome calligraphy
Simply beautiful!
Thank you!
What a rich posting! Thank you for the look in to your work and process, again. I am not an artist, and so I love the visuals, from the wild spaces you gather from to the finished work. To me, it is all lovely and mysterious.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The elegant beauty of your post is a lodestar for me. Beyond (or beneath) that, this is what I need to start using the collection of local pigments I have been collecting and to prepare for gathering local wildflower this growing season. To start not with how they can be used as support, but with the pigments themselves, the idea for form that they inspire out of their very being. I have one small canvas that I painted that way, but did not recognize until I read your words why it is the one I keep on view. I am so grateful that you share your work, your experience, and thoughts this way.
Aw thank you, I'm happy to inspire!
I loved your consideration of time & change & the question of if/why we expect art to be immutable once it is “finished” ♥️
Thank you!
This is breathtaking! I loved the idea of planned 'obsolescence' incorporated into the Blessings Everlasting. As graphically compelling as the work is at its start, the selective fading of some colors after a year lends the image an ethereal beauty that could not have been achieved at the outset. This turns 'time' into an artist's tool--as valid as any paint brush, if meticulously utilized. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
I love the idea that time becomes an artist's tool, thank you!
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How intricate and methodical and loving your work is. The process and discoveries you made painting with the plant dyes … the fading of the ‘weaker’ words. The impression of this piece will stay with me.
Thank you!
“I could work their fugitive quality into a piece, and insure that however much they fade, the work remains an art piece.” - thank you for putting into words what I have felt instinctively! I own and adore both your books. Wonderful read.
Thank you, and I'm glad it's helpful!
thanks for taking the time to go into so much detail. I have also used disappearing colour deliberately in art works, but you have taken it to a whole different level with that awesome calligraphy
Thank you!