How I paint:
I paint because I love color, mixing, mingling, and dancing on the paper. Because color is so inviting to me, I start by deciding on colors. Sometimes the design comes right away to me and other times it evolves as I work. I let the colors, shapes, lines and textures flow into a design on there own, and then I begin to formalize the structure of it into a pleasing pattern. My love of music, art and dancing influences me greatly as I put the paint to the paper. I often paint as I listen to music, which helps me to enter into a zone of freedom, where I let my imagination take over and the brushes and paint progress. My ideas come from every where -- my moods, dreams, surroundings, nature, decorating shows, store displays, commercials, magazines, other forms of art, etc. Sometimes I will see something that suggest a design and I will start with a preconceived notion of how the finished painting will look. However, as the painting develops, I let it speak to me and intuitively put my colors, lines, shapes, and textures where I like them best. Although when I paint I am not consciously thinking of the elements and principals of design, I call upon them subconsciously to bring the piece to a finish.
I want the viewers eye to move around the painting and to stay in some places longer than others and decide for themselves what pleases them in the painting. Modern art to me is so much more interesting, and freeing than representational art. It is extremely relaxing to paint abstract paintings. The painting is totally mine, created from out of my mind as I apply the paint to the paper. I am not trying to make a shape look like a tree or an animal or anything else. If the viewer sees that in my painting and it pleases them then I am happy. Even if the viewer does not see things in my painting but just enjoys the colors, shapes and lines, I am pleased. My aim is to make the viewer stop, look at my paintings, enjoy and wonder about them.
I learn from every painting I paint and often realize that some things I do work well and others don't. I try to perfect those that do and change the ones that don't. Sometimes when I get stuck I get out old paintings or photos of successful paintings and study them to see what made them work and then I try to apply that in the new painting. My paintings consist primarily of watercolor. I use aqua sticks, pastels, and oil sticks to create some of the lines and textures. I have also collaged on some of them.
I paint because I love color, mixing, mingling, and dancing on the paper. Because color is so inviting to me, I start by deciding on colors. Sometimes the design comes right away to me and other times it evolves as I work. I let the colors, shapes, lines and textures flow into a design on there own, and then I begin to formalize the structure of it into a pleasing pattern. My love of music, art and dancing influences me greatly as I put the paint to the paper. I often paint as I listen to music, which helps me to enter into a zone of freedom, where I let my imagination take over and the brushes and paint progress. My ideas come from every where -- my moods, dreams, surroundings, nature, decorating shows, store displays, commercials, magazines, other forms of art, etc. Sometimes I will see something that suggest a design and I will start with a preconceived notion of how the finished painting will look. However, as the painting develops, I let it speak to me and intuitively put my colors, lines, shapes, and textures where I like them best. Although when I paint I am not consciously thinking of the elements and principals of design, I call upon them subconsciously to bring the piece to a finish.
I want the viewers eye to move around the painting and to stay in some places longer than others and decide for themselves what pleases them in the painting. Modern art to me is so much more interesting, and freeing than representational art. It is extremely relaxing to paint abstract paintings. The painting is totally mine, created from out of my mind as I apply the paint to the paper. I am not trying to make a shape look like a tree or an animal or anything else. If the viewer sees that in my painting and it pleases them then I am happy. Even if the viewer does not see things in my painting but just enjoys the colors, shapes and lines, I am pleased. My aim is to make the viewer stop, look at my paintings, enjoy and wonder about them.
I learn from every painting I paint and often realize that some things I do work well and others don't. I try to perfect those that do and change the ones that don't. Sometimes when I get stuck I get out old paintings or photos of successful paintings and study them to see what made them work and then I try to apply that in the new painting. My paintings consist primarily of watercolor. I use aqua sticks, pastels, and oil sticks to create some of the lines and textures. I have also collaged on some of them.