Connections - Red 5 oil, wax on panel 50x50cm |
Now that I am on my fifth painting with red as protagonist I'm feeling happily at ease, in fact, liking the choice. I've learned so much. I can thank, (never enough), Janice Mason Steeves for her counseling: to play, to accept challenges, to simplify, to be aware of contrast, . . . . .
I don't have a general plan for the sequence of my paintings. I used to do drawings as preparation but now, one after the other, I rely on intuition. One painting is naturally the stepping stone for the next. Something just clicks in my mind inspiring the sequence. I've noticed in the recent paintings the appearence of new colors. From the begining using mostly red and black, now lights, yellows, oranges and greys, are presenting themselves. A sign that red has become a part of me and not a fearsome, intrusive element?
My theme is always the human body, the spinal column in particular. My next project, constantly on my mind, is to be able to put into words why this particular part of the body is so important for me.