Three weeks ago, I didn't plan on moving, in fact, I wasn't even thinking of moving. Life has a way of unexpectedly changing directions. I have been living in my abode for almost 14 years. Overall, the house has treated me well. I installed full spectrum lighting in my studio to ensure that the colours I used in my work remained true inside or outside. As mentioned in a previous post, I have a culling project on the go. I was planning to sort through my artwork slowly in an effort to make heart wrenching decisions about what I felt prepared to destroy.
Culling is not necessarily a negative experience. It's inspiring. I've been photographing work I had forgotten about that I would like to push further or reinterpret using image transfer techniques.
The studio is a mess right now but compared to the pictures I've seen of Francis Bacon's workspace the word "mess" is a relative term. So far, I've managed to sort 60% of the drawings and to group similar sizes together. The hardest task is yet to come, working with drawings 30" X 40" and bigger, or of irregular size. On top of culling, it's time to pack boxes of art books, magazines,
supplies, and never ending stuff that I have amassed over the years.
That's just what is in the studio. The rest of the house is also awaiting boxes.
"Stuff" is a ball and chain. George Carlin performs a very funny routine about STUFF. Artists generally have even more stuff than most people. We collect things because they engender ideas or because maybe we can use them in a future "assemblage." Last time I moved, it took an entire day just to transport everything that was in the studio.
Draw me FRAZZLED!!!
The studio is a mess right now but compared to the pictures I've seen of Francis Bacon's workspace the word "mess" is a relative term. So far, I've managed to sort 60% of the drawings and to group similar sizes together. The hardest task is yet to come, working with drawings 30" X 40" and bigger, or of irregular size. On top of culling, it's time to pack boxes of art books, magazines,
supplies, and never ending stuff that I have amassed over the years.That's just what is in the studio. The rest of the house is also awaiting boxes.
"Stuff" is a ball and chain. George Carlin performs a very funny routine about STUFF. Artists generally have even more stuff than most people. We collect things because they engender ideas or because maybe we can use them in a future "assemblage." Last time I moved, it took an entire day just to transport everything that was in the studio.
Draw me FRAZZLED!!!
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