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Friday, October 21, 2011

A Still Life (for real)

i havent updated this blog in forever, ive been wanting to paint, but sooo uninspired. 
wanted to get out of my comfort zone, antsy, itchy, but nada on paper.
got a new set of holbeins, ordered oodles of antracite pastelmat....
still nada. 
talked to lots of artists and creative people i trust, they all said "been there, done that". --just try playing with a new color, abstract, sketching, moving,,,hmmmmm all doable. 
but then again, no..


what have i never wanted to do? still lifes...booooring, not alive like people or seas or trees or skies.  But a friend nudged me to try something new. After al,l i reasoned, aren't i spending a king's ransom trying to find serenity. isnt that what i perpetually seek, a Still Life? yep.


so for the past three weeks i decided i will paint for the sake of painting. i will see for the sake of seeing, i will look at inanimate objects as if they were alive. and see what, if anything happens.

i mean, i already give my art supplies souls and grieve when a marker dries out as if a relative died. so here are a few of my attempts. and im actually happy with them. look at me, serene with still lifes.
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2 comments:

  1. Chris GreyOctober 21, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    you know how I feel about the art work. and you know how much I have always enjoyed your writing. (frankly, you could make a living writing.) But I particularly liked your comment about king's ransom.....still life.
    keep up the good work. (and work Big!)

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  2. UnknownOctober 23, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    Lots of painintg, it's the only way to find the answer.

    Nice work. Inspirational painitng. Hope to see you in real life person someday....

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