I am at the stage in my life where i actually have a dedicated room in our suite ('our' being myself and anica), to my paintings. It feels fantastically organized. I work on all of my paintings at once. I am using one colour and that one colour goes onto ALL of my paintings that need that specific colour, this way i only have to clean the brushes, palette and paint one time. per layer that is, because all oil painters know, that a painting is never really done because of the fading, the cracking, the transparency, the tiny mistakes, the change of mind for colour etc. hahah, oh paintings take several years to complete. so i have a shower curtain laying on the floor of my wood floors otherwise . . . well you know. paint stains!
The paintings posted below are 2 examples of my current work. 'The judgements of a stranger' is a long time ongoing piece, 12 x 16" oil on canvas which started in 2001. I have changed the patterns, colours and design of the image several times. The concept is in relation to the layers of time and place of atmosphere. linear time does not exist in this portrayal, but somehow growth and motion do.
The other with the yellow background is a brand new piece i just started on some canvas' from holland, my oma bought me (thanks oma), which is david suzuki on top holding a snake and myself on the bottom canvas on the bottom holding my mothers potted plant. The concept is self explanatory, and if you feel confused of the concept, well then that's that.
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I feel confused of the concept! .... just kiddin. I think I get it. Question for you maybe you can address it in your next post. How do you know when a painting is complete or has reached it's final stages of oil layering and life? Surely even after yars of touch ups and re invention there has to be a point where satisfaction takes over? right?
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