Day 9 (& Process)

© Kathryn Neale Studio 2016. All Rights Reserved.  

 

© Kathryn Neale Studio 2016. All Rights Reserved.

© Kathryn Neale Studio 2016. All Rights Reserved.

 

 

 

 

This piece was fun cause I had an idea to start take teal paint and literally "block" it out with painter's blue tape to preserve this square and paint over it. After a few layers I took it off to reveal the teal paint and then started working around it. Oftentimes, I work in a certain way - if notice the orientation of the piece is that the teal box is upper left, and then when I end or at the very last minute of finishing, I flip it around and it's more interesting another way (the final is that the teal box is lower/right area of the painting).

I also remember feeling that this one I had an idea of inspiration but literally throughout 98% of the piece I kept thinking "this is crap!" But you have to have faith and this process of trying to get out a piece in 20 minutes really accentuates the faith part. Last decisions of take a tube of bright cadmium red and blotting it like a tool creating those circles at least pulled the piece together enough to feel finished for me.