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| 8"x8" oil |
I have not painted as much as I would like but I have been artistically busy. I went to the Vermont Arts Council retreat for 2 days this week on the invitation of the Director, Carol Driscoll, of The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center and not only got to stay the very cool Grand Isle Lake House, but also got to meet and see how the minds of some very smart and creative people work. I did a demo for the Chaffee Art Center Open Studio event this past weekend. So my question is: how loose is too loose? In the above painting, I kept it very loose because I wanted to pack up and go home. The environment was challenging for me because there were some significant distractions, I thought about working on it some more in my studio, but the more I looked at it the more I liked it as is. I know what I painted (lobster buoys hanging from a rack which also holds an inverted row boat). At first I was really interested in the shadows and light falling across the rowboat, but then the dancing shapes of the buoys just looked so cool to me that cut loose of the highlights on the boat. I also thought that more detail would only confuse the composition. Anyway, I would love to know what you think!
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