I paint everyday.
For me, daily painting is a daily appreciation for living via the canvas. Daily painting has become a reminder every day can bring with it reason. My optimism and perception have become part of the process of creating each day without reservation or excuse. The finished painting represents a consistently positive and stabilizing presence of my view of my immediate surroundings.
In my work and personally, I am attracted to working from observation. I’m typically drawn in by one particular shape, which is not necessarily the focal point or an area of greatest saturation or darkest dark, but an area which I then represent visually by a making a mark. This area my attention is first held becomes the first mark on the canvas which I preserve until the painting is finished. It is from here the rest of the painting grows. I never draw anything on the canvas, but rather build it through these marks.
I am compelled to keep my paintings fresh, trying never to work on top of a mark that’s already down. But rather filling in the blanks. I’m striving to keep the spontaneity of the brushwork and the freshness of the surface texture.
Lastly, I’m captivated by a continued celebration of what might not have been at all. Making sure every day matters by leaving a mark to document each day has become part of daily ritual and I have found the best way to do this is through the practice of painting everyday.
For me, daily painting is a daily appreciation for living via the canvas. Daily painting has become a reminder every day can bring with it reason. My optimism and perception have become part of the process of creating each day without reservation or excuse. The finished painting represents a consistently positive and stabilizing presence of my view of my immediate surroundings.
In my work and personally, I am attracted to working from observation. I’m typically drawn in by one particular shape, which is not necessarily the focal point or an area of greatest saturation or darkest dark, but an area which I then represent visually by a making a mark. This area my attention is first held becomes the first mark on the canvas which I preserve until the painting is finished. It is from here the rest of the painting grows. I never draw anything on the canvas, but rather build it through these marks.
I am compelled to keep my paintings fresh, trying never to work on top of a mark that’s already down. But rather filling in the blanks. I’m striving to keep the spontaneity of the brushwork and the freshness of the surface texture.
Lastly, I’m captivated by a continued celebration of what might not have been at all. Making sure every day matters by leaving a mark to document each day has become part of daily ritual and I have found the best way to do this is through the practice of painting everyday.
