CRAP! oh, okay then.
August 21, 2007just a quick entry today to show you another piece I’ve been working on… I worked on a painting yesterday that just WOULD NOT TURN OUT… I got so frustrated that I smeared black paint all over it and yelled at it and pulled its hair (cat fight!). Then I started tearing it to shreds. Screw you ugly painting!
And in the middle of my fitted shredding, i noticed that the pieces coming off were beautiful. Textured and subtly patterned. So I quickly grabbed another piece of paper and some modge podge and started glueing them down into a dress shape. I’m liking it… I’m liking it….
Grabbed some black india ink and drew some arms. Some shoulders. A neck and face. A few strokes of black hair. Hmm… It seemed to be working.
I really like how this one turned out. (I don’t want to sell it!) She seems to be centered and raising her arms in a way that says: “I just pulled through! I am happy and strong! Thank you!”
August 21st, 2007 at 11:34 am
What a fantastic story to go along with your art :-)
August 21st, 2007 at 11:34 am
i love when the mistakes/unwanted parts turn into loveliness and i especially love how she exudes exactly the very thing you were going thru while painting her which you so perfectly described in your last sentence!!!
August 21st, 2007 at 11:58 am
Love it! You are really growing by leaps and bounds here!!
August 21st, 2007 at 12:51 pm
What a beautiful illustration (both the story and the piece) of what the creative process is like…
Good work! What an inspiration to see you dive in all the way and trust yourself. Trust yourself to rip the one to shreds, and trust yourself to take a risk with what you found.
Keep going!
August 21st, 2007 at 3:28 pm
PENELOPE, IT’S WONDERFUL!!! I MEAN IT. THE TEXTURE OF THE DRESS AND HER EXPRESSION JUMPS OFF THE PAPER. HER STORY IS SO NEAT.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:48 pm
It turned out super cool!
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:59 am
This looks beautiful Penelope. I’m so glad you managed to turn your “failure” into something great!
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:19 pm
You are inspiring the pants off me.
August 25th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Can’t wait to see them at the show!!!!!!!!