"Landscape" by Jim Carpenter, Mixed Acrylic Media on Crescent Board, 6 " x 11"
"I count it as a certainly that in paradise, everyone naps." - Tom Hodgkinson
Day 20: Day 19 Cut Out
Ok, so today is day 20 of the 30 day challenge and day 19 came and went without my posting a panting or a bit of prose. I didn't paint yesterday. But I did get into the studio. And I made this painting by cutting away about 200 sq inches.
They say "Sleep on it" when you need to get some distance on a decision, and I slept on this for about 2 years. Even Hodgkinson would agree that is a pretty long nap. But yesterday, I knew I had one painting with a lot of excess baggage attached to it, and so I took mat corners and looked for the best crop. Today I took the painting to the framer.
Speaking of napping, I decided at about 7 pm, after teaching my Friday night Chi Kung class, that I was going to be idle for the rest of the evening and head to the snoozer early. It meant that I would not blog and I would not paint. I think that to do so, last night, would have felt like work and that would really defeat the purpose and intent of my 30 straight days of painting and blogging. I am doing this to reclaim the joy of painting and writing - and as I wrote earlier - I'm the boss of my idleness. I make up my own rules. And yes, I am having a good time at this.
I think this little landscape is very much a cousin of my usual process of "finding the painting" - in this instance instead of rubbing out another painting I cropped this one out of a larger one. Cutting out the excess to find the painting inside. So I'm including it in the challenge. After all, it really didn't exist until yesterday when I cut away the excess.
But Wait! Two Days In One!
Have you seen those commercials for back scratchers? Just as you think they are over they shout "But Wait" and announce that if you buy one for $19.95 they will send you a second back scratcher for free. Well, here's my "But Wait!" The excess of the painting is Landscape Part II. This one I did have to tweak with some painting. I'm not complaining because I loved doing it. So, here is the painting for Day 20.
Landscape II by Jim Carpenter, Mixed Media on Crescent Board, 12 3/4" x 13 1/4"
Love all that crackly goodness in #1. Can you imagine if our skies looked like that? ( the sky is falling. ha ha) #2 reminds me of New Mexico, but I love the terrain in New Mexico. All that rugged goodness. Love them both Jim! Glad you took the night off... and .... confession time, I just woke from an hour long nap. WON-DER-FUL. I should have that quote tattooed on my forehead. ha ha ha ha Paradise would be that, and a steady supply of chocolate... and the key to my own personal art supply store.
ReplyDeleteSheila, What a great synchronicity here, eh? I mean, publishing the quote that so perfectly fits your Saturday evening. And speaking of a steady supply of chocolate... when I left the house to go to the framer I said, "I'm going to eat chocolate" - because my framer has a huge bowl of it right there on the counter - and I ate enough to keep me flying for the rest of the day! Amazing!
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