![]() Since the figure is the center of interest, I pay it some attention. The green sofa on the right gives some weight to the right side. Will that funky chair be part of the story? Full view. Its history is showing through with patterns and colors that may or may not remain. At this point, I don’t know how much of it will be covered up and how much will remain, but I begin, knowing surprises are waiting. Torn kraft paper covers the panel, with random patterned papers on top, and a layer of red-orange acrylic paint and maybe some turquoise after that. I choose a hardboard panel that had already undergone a considerable amount of experimentation. ![]() It’s not until I’m well into it that I realize how profoundly it expresses the experience of so many in this moment. ![]() As I settle into the studio, attempting a normal routine, the photo of the woman rises above the numerous ideas I’m considering, and I choose it as the taking off point for the next painting. Overnight, we attempt to adjust to the loss of so many familiar aspects of our daily lives. I make the snap and the image goes into my reference library. A woman in a puffer jacket, lost in her smartphone on the sofa near me, grabs my interest -I seem to be attracted to figures in solitary settings. The inspiration for The Long Wait comes from a photo I captured in a waiting room while my car was being serviced. You’ll see images that mark the journey, full of missteps and bumps, indecision and decision, until at last, a completed work is born.īut first, a little backstory. This post demonstrates how one particular painting made its way into being.
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