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About the Paintings
I began
the paintings with the intention of doing large abstracts, using a limited
palette. I wanted to move beyond representational animals to more magical
and abstract ones. My new approach began with brushing on premixed blobs
of paint. Once the canvas was covered with paint, I would stand back to
see if any special little creatures were hiding in the blobs - a Rorschach
approach to painting. Once I became comfortable with this approach, I
decided to work on much bigger canvases. This time, fully formed figures
appeared on the canvas, some with complete faces, and others with wings.
They were a bit shocking, but at the same time, I felt a sense of awe, and
reverence. Each had an energetic beauty, and unlike my usual paintings,
I was afraid to touch them after the lay-in. I continued painting one
after another, not really knowing what I was doing. The few friends that
saw them, felt that they were magical, and essentially done. Eventually,
the time arrived to decide their fate, to paint another layer, or not to
paint. I hired an expert to look, and she declared, “They are not done.”
It took
a long time to get the courage to paint on them. I had no models, and no
idea of what the completed painting should look like. There were at least
25 them, and each had to be made into a “finished” painting. The struggle
from blob to completion took over two years. Each had an essence, a title,
but the series as whole remained a mystery. Their story did not become
clear, until they were put in a group to be photographed. I could read
them like a story, one that began with a single prayer for love. All are
shown here, because they are a piece of the story, not all are “paintings
for exhibit, but I wished to share the whole story in one place.
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