SanDL
08-19-2001, 11:47 AM
A while back I posted a piece that I was having trouble completing. I wanted to make reference to Gauguin and I asked for help and got wonderful ideas and suggestions from the members. http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14556
I spent weeks trying to implement them and nothing worked. I must have repainted the piece 15 times. The paint surface became ugly and slick. I became incredibly frustrated. Nothing was right. The piece got tighter and tighter and it was clear that I had entered a wrestling match in which I was losing. Nothing seemed genuine. Last night in an explosion of frustration and while listening to Dave Matthews (Crash)I gave up and reworked the entire piece. It transformed completely. I'm still working on it. I'm not sure I like it but oddly enough I feel better about it. My work is in transition and the changes are painful and slow and clumsy.
I spent weeks trying to implement them and nothing worked. I must have repainted the piece 15 times. The paint surface became ugly and slick. I became incredibly frustrated. Nothing was right. The piece got tighter and tighter and it was clear that I had entered a wrestling match in which I was losing. Nothing seemed genuine. Last night in an explosion of frustration and while listening to Dave Matthews (Crash)I gave up and reworked the entire piece. It transformed completely. I'm still working on it. I'm not sure I like it but oddly enough I feel better about it. My work is in transition and the changes are painful and slow and clumsy.