Monday, May 25, 2009
Lemon
I've discovered a very annoying progression present in all my paintings. I start a painting, and things are going great, it gets better and better until it hits this plateau where its as good as its going to be, but its not done. I can't stop, because its not finished, but if I keep going it'll be downhill. So I end up with a finished product that was better before it was finished. Why don't I just stop and call it good you might wonder? Because I can't! I can't leave it unfinished, I HAVE to do more. But disappointingly its a detrimental compulsion. So here's a lemon that's a bit sour. I do like the box though and it redeems the painting a bit in my eyes. Hardest part? The freaking layer between the peel and the pulp, whatever that's called.
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Taylor, where do you get all of your inspiration for these? Every time I look at your paintings I'm in awe. I think it looks great! seriously though, where do you get these ideas to paint such random things?
ReplyDeleteThanks Daynna :) Most of my paintings are just from things we have around our apartment or from pictures we've taken. Sometimes I have to look hard to find something to paint, other times its easier, and every once in awhile a painting will come to me without me having to do anything- good old muses- and those are the best. In fact I have one of those coming up sometime soon. And I usually think about painting at night when I can't sleep. I'm weird I know.
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