Right now it's late and I have been trying to sort out frames with art, some needing glass, some need to be varnished, some need to be pitched. It seems endless. Trying to gather things together so that they make some kind of sense when hanging as a group is difficult and when I look at it all, I am feeling a bit like Sybil. You know...Sybil, the poor lady with multiple personalities?
Some friends and I were laughing the other day about how we all felt a bit like Sybil and that it seemed to show in the different directions we were taking our art. Oils one day, no, small oils, maybe pastels, larger, some more abstract than others, some thick with paint....some sleek and flat. Painting on canvas, no...painting on board, hey look at this mediaboard! It goes on and on. I know that I can state without reservation that I have Art ADD.
I am envioius of those artists that seem to have found their niche and when seeing their work it all seems to make sense and some kind of logical progression is apparent. Not with my stuff...I paint scenes that I have fallen in love with just because I like the way the clouds look or the reflection on the water and sometimes with these I try to keep them reasonably realistic. Then there are times when I want to capture only the feeling and want everything boiled down to its very essence and don't want to fiddle with the details...only a broad brush. Sometimes I want light, bright, softened colors...then at others I am drawn to the very dark and earthy. All over the place, that's me.
Some of my other artist friends say that they can see a bit of a string running through my work, but I don't see it. We jokingly said that we would like to sign our work with different pseudonyms that would reflect the particular kind of work we were doing. Hmmm....
I think that I shall be Tovar for the dark stuff, plain ol' Laura Dietrick for the traditional landscapes and florals, Dietrick for the abstracts, and Sybil for the stuff I can't seem to find a catagory for.
1 comment:
You have described the "Sybil" in all of us beautifully. And I like your fruit...now you have me wanting to try the black gesso! See you soon!
Gina
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