Jazz Green : Artist Journal

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the art of something

January 17th, 2012

creating textures on gesso, wood panels - artist studio

traditional gesso on panels - artist studio

textures, gesso on wood - artist studio

traditional gesso on panel - artist studio - works in progress

traditional gesso on some wood panels, scavenged offcuts from last year. these panels have dried very slowly during the cold, damp days of winter, but the surfaces feel cool and delicately smooth, and when the light fades i get even closer to the surface.

it’s a start, a new beginning, the art of something, in the slow accumulation of many (disjointed) hours of preparatory work. i like working with patina – and i think i’ve been in a dark place like this before.

please note, no ‘flour’ was used in this process – it is an old kitchen storage jar now used for keeping paint brushes in (as it has a wide neck)…

p.s. someone borrowed most of my words and there is little hope of them being returned any time soon…

the return of the relics

January 3rd, 2012

broken relic fragment, mixed media art

[looking in, from the outside]

fragments relics, mixed media art

[stacked fragments]

fragments, relics, mixed media art

[wall fragments]

mixed media collagraph print on paper

[intaglio print]

intaglio collagraph print on paper

[intaglio print]

mixed media intaglio collagraph print- blind embossing

[blind embossing on paper]

[intaglio collagraph prints]

from the imperfect/circle project: liminal, on the brink, success, failure, beautiful, ugly, perfect, flawed, incomplete, whole, insignificant, valued, sacred, discarded, lost, saved, broken, mended. strange relics

not a painting, not a sculpture

December 7th, 2011

more pictures from the artist’s studio. not a painting, not a sculpture…

wood, bark, abstract art on panel

it’s quite dark in the cave and things dry quite slowly…

wood bark, trees, abstract art on panel

the remains of the day (a previous day, with a knife and fork)…

wood, trees, bark, abstract art sculpture

surface…

wood, bark, textural abstract sculptural art

texture…

wood, trees, bark, abstract art sculptural

edge…

things are not perfect. i won’t waste time with too many words today, people like to look at the pictures…

nature, reclaim, change, transience, decay, disintegrate, rot, renewal, trees, garden, prune, cut, lop, fell, fall, snip, sort, stack, season, slumber, lumber, weather, time, rain, cold, damp, heat, sun, light, shade, shadow, dark, layers, shift, shape, scrape, form, texture, grain, growth, habitat, shelter, wood, bark, bark again, out of the woods, into the cave, art, no landscapes, no people…

i have been working in the evenings, mostly (in the dark cave, away from images of reality). i have enjoyed working on these new pieces although perhaps enjoy is not the most appropriate word in this context. the process of making feels very focused, methodical, mindful, intimate, quiet, intense, as the work begins to take on subtleties of surface & form and there is some excitement in them coming to a considered conclusion.

i can’t recall a famous artist ever saying that they love what they do. they may speak of passion, determination, a sense of enquiry or curiosity, about scenes & situations, the issues & incidents of life. to simply love art implies unconditional acceptance that everything is perfect (or at least, it feels right), but making art is always a struggle of the will to make meaningful new things, to make them in a way that makes sense (and purpose) out of their creation. however, like the wabi sabi phrase, ‘nothing is ever finished’, making art also feels like a thoughtful, ongoing conversation, the memory of which lingers strongly in the mind long after the event, to be resumed again on another day…

see also the previous post, on making art again

in other news… i have acquired a new book to read, which you might have deciphered from a previous post. i have only read the first few pages, my eyes are very tired…