Fruit and Flowers (original version)
Fruit and Flowers (revised version)
24 x 30 Oil on Linen
It doesn't always come out right. You have
something to say, something to express, but there are times when you’re not
understood. No matter how hard you work to be clear you just can't find the
right words, the right phrase, the right color, the right brushwork. You do
your best, you finish the piece and send it out into the
world. The thought, the idea, the concept you want to get across is out there
for the world to see but no one responds. You try it in another venue, and then
another, but there’s still no response. In time the piece returns to you. You
look, you listen, you read the piece for hours on end. Finally you begin to
edit, to rewrite, to repaint, to simplify, bring out subtleties,
create more harmony, more luminosity, add depth and richness. You find a way to
build character and breathe life into your work. Sometimes it comes easily,
other times you have to work long and hard to say what you want to say. Fruit and Flowers didn't come out quite right at first. Now, after being lovingly reworked, it is ready to go back out into the world again. Ready to speak, to be understood, to get a response.....
(click on the image to get a larger view where you can get a better sense of how the painting changed)
(click on the image to get a larger view where you can get a better sense of how the painting changed)
3 comments:
As long as they are in the studio they're fair game. When are they finished? When they go out the door. If they should happen to come back they're fair game again. Nothing is finished until you are.
I agree!!
Tom, had you already varnished it? I just removed some varnish from paintings i wanted to modify. Any suggestions on this? I am sure how effective i was in removing the varnish, they still had a sheen, but I didn't want to pick up any paint and stopped as soon as I saw color on my cloth.
Patty
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