Getting "Painterly"

Thursday, March 13, 2008

This point in the workshop, everyone starts to see the end of the week coming and with that comes a sense of regret and anxiety. While I am really enjoying myself, it has been a long time away and I am very tired. With completion also comes our show finale, so all of us focus on finishing and getting work ready to show. I continued to work on my third figure painting but I was anxious to try a non-objective painting.

This was to be a workshop about working on alternative surfaces. However, the only techniques George has taught have been about Yupo. I feel a bit disappointed as this was not as advertised and I know George has a great deal of knowledge about many technical areas of painting.

George and I had private conference for him to review and critique my body of work. He was quite supportive and, as a direction to explore, suggested I work on integrating a more “painterly effect” with my “decorative” imagery. Having his feedback was very helpful and I appreciated it.

I proceeded to create a “painterly” (layered) underpainting and then placed a chair on top of it. Now my challenge is to turn it into a painting.

Photos top to bottom: underpainting with chair outline, Springmaid Pier, finished painting.