Black Painting#92, 2010, Oil on Panel, 9"x6"Today I am prepping two 36 inch square panels. I have decided to enter two Black Paintings in the upcoming National Juried Show at the Cooperstown Arts Association, that I mentioned last time. I spent way too much time yesterday obsessing about the size, format and image but finally I decided to just go ahead and settle on the two 36 inch square panels that I already have on hand. I have a few other large panels, but only one of each size and well, I keep thinking that I should enter two that are the same. I need SOME order here! Especially since I have NO CLUE as to what I will be painting on these panels! I tried making some sketches yesterday which only proved to me that the large, looming barn like structures that I keep seeing in my mind, will not work very well in a square format.
However, I am recalling that when I worked on the Black Paintings series in Vermont, I was not sure what the image would be until my hands were in the paint and maybe even well after that. So I am going to wing it here on these pieces, fully aware that I may end up entering a landscape after all. I have to finish the painting part by this Friday, so I can get them photographed and meet the deadline which is next Saturday.
We'll just have to see how that pressure thing works for me this time.
3 comments:
Winging it is good! I'm interested to see what you'll do with this. Have I mentioned I finally have a blog? Please check it out here: http://collagewhirl.blogspot.com/
exciting, it's interesting to read about your plunges into work. thanks for keeping a record. i am enthralled by those black paintings.
This is great.
And then in the newer post, it looks to me like the square formats are working great for the big black barn paintings.
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