Apr
17
Bloom. (with process)
Here's a new piece I will be showing in a group show called Encyclopedia Botanica at Arch Enemy Arts in Philadelphia.
The Process:
Here's the original idea when it struck while I was at a bar, remembering a dream I had of wading through piles of flower heads. I realized this was an image I really wanted to paint, and that it is kind of ridiculous that I haven't been painting my dreams more often all along. I told my boyfriend (fellow painter Anthony Palumbo) and he said "The best artists are the ones who make you dream bigger." A moment of intense inspiration... I felt like maybe I could make paintings that could do that, or in any case it's what I should be trying to do.
Next step: I did some tiny value studies on toned paper.
The Process:
Here's the original idea when it struck while I was at a bar, remembering a dream I had of wading through piles of flower heads. I realized this was an image I really wanted to paint, and that it is kind of ridiculous that I haven't been painting my dreams more often all along. I told my boyfriend (fellow painter Anthony Palumbo) and he said "The best artists are the ones who make you dream bigger." A moment of intense inspiration... I felt like maybe I could make paintings that could do that, or in any case it's what I should be trying to do.
Next step: I did some tiny value studies on toned paper.
