"Endurance" by Jim Carpenter, Acrylic on Paper, 7 1/2" x 9 1/2"
Time past
and time future
What might
have been and what has been
Point to
one end, which is always present. - TS Elliot, Burnt Norton
"Endurance" is my painting #3 in Leslie Saeta's 30-30 Challenge. Once again the painting and the title seem to be related in someway to the experience of the challenge itself. I didn't plan it this way, but as I wrote earlier, planning the outcome of putting paint on paper is not a big part of my process. I titled the painting "Endurance" because the figures appear hardened, literally stone-like, and in the case of the figure on the right, encased or embedded in stone like a fossil. One of the roots of the word comes from Old French word endurer which means "to continue in existence" and from the Latin durare which means "to harden."
My first thoughts as I looked at the finished painting were that it is about time and the ways in which we travel through it, leaving remnants of ourselves behind and thereby always being present. We pause. We observe. We endure.
The 30 day challenge is already teaching me lessons. My usual format is a full sheet - 22" x 30" - of water color paper. I was not expecting that creating small works could nearly as satisfying as it is right now. The creative spirit continues to teach no matter what the size of the canvas.
My first thoughts as I looked at the finished painting were that it is about time and the ways in which we travel through it, leaving remnants of ourselves behind and thereby always being present. We pause. We observe. We endure.
The 30 day challenge is already teaching me lessons. My usual format is a full sheet - 22" x 30" - of water color paper. I was not expecting that creating small works could nearly as satisfying as it is right now. The creative spirit continues to teach no matter what the size of the canvas.
Fabulous work, Jim -- I can't wait to see what else you create during this challenge!!
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