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30 Paintings in 30 Days -- Day 22

1/22/2017

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"Home Before Dark" mixed media on paper, 15" x 22" (unframed dimension).  Inquiries [email protected]

Into the woods,
Then out of the woods,
And home before dark!
               From "Prologue Into the Woods", Into the Woods

We're in the home stretch of our journey into the woods.  The last week.  I am feeling a bit wistful, anticipating the end.  The second chapter in Art & Fear says "fears arise when you look back, and they arise when you look ahead."  Indeed.  

This piece, created in last week's workshop with Stan Kurth, is an entirely new direction for me, and I am deeply satisfied in this space of chalky abstraction and symbolism.  There is power and protection in this one.  It is difficult now to recall just how many layers are here, but to give you a better idea, it began like this:
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A big part of the lesson in this workshop was letting go...letting go of attachment to bits and pieces of the painting which did not enhance the overall composition, letting go of controlling the paint, embracing what happens and then letting the painting tell you what needs to happen next.  Letting go of control.

It took me a while to get it.  One morning in class, I had to shut out all the distractions around me and just think for about 30 minutes to understand what this painting was saying.  It clearly was not telling the story I started with.  But its story was better. I just had to listen.

The book emphasizes this lesson throughly,.  "Control...is not the answer.  People who need certainty...are less likely to make art that is risky, subversive, complicated, iffy, suggestive or spontaneous...uncertainty is the essential, inevitable and all-pervasive companion."  There is much more, but you get the idea.

​So dear reader, we are out here in the woods, letting go of control.  It feels risky - daring - brave.  And a little bit wonderful.



Today's "Pay What You Can" piece is experimental printing, reproduced on ceramic tile, 6 x 6.  This makes a great coaster for your big ol' coffee mug!   Shipping is anticipated to be around $7.00



Email me at [email protected] with how much (or how little) you'd like to pay for this cutie (shipping will be added).  The winner will be selected at random and notified via email in 24 hours.
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Carol Edan link
1/22/2017 12:09:08 pm

Strong and very emotional! I feel a conflict dynamic! Thanks so much for the process images.

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jen
1/22/2017 12:18:15 pm

Yes! A lot going on in this one. And it is my pleasure! The process was quite surprising to me, and so much fun. :)

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Dotty Seiter link
1/23/2017 06:49:56 am

… risky - daring - brave. And a little bit wonderful.

yes - yes - yes. And YES.

One (just one) of the (multiple) gifts of my discovering your art this month and following you into the woods during this 30in30 challenge, is all the ways that you have given voice to so many of my own musings and so much of my own experience. Hot diggity!

In Home Before Dark I see the nor'easter that is approaching my own neck of the woods today. I see it barreling up the coast ferociously, leaving blue skies behind it.

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jen
1/23/2017 07:14:29 am

Dotty! We are kindred spirits...and you are such a joy to me! I remember nor'easters from when I lived in Rhode Island years ago. We got the tail end of it here in Florida - wind and thunderstorms all night. Quite a show! Now that you mention it, I can see it in the painting, too!

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