Friday, February 28, 2014

Think Out Loud [44] Reminiscing

I wanted to take you into my world of art for a minute because it's been on my mind with the release of Shadow Town. Maggie is a painter. As she lost herself in art, I fell back to a time when my brushes and constant stream of images made up my entire world. I had this idea to see every stroke of a painting from start to finish. So I painted oil on velum, paper that looks almost like wax paper but heavier. In each class, I created a new painting of the model. I pieced it all together and fixed it to a giant piece of plexiglass. For my senior show I had three walk around paintings. There's something beautiful about the unkempt tangle of mistakes and cover ups. I think people are more like the mess that make up a painting than the pretty picture we see on the surface. I like mess. 
(never mind the dates, all our pictures are dated 11/7/87)

Think Out Loud is an awesome post whatever you want meme. Youtube videos, dusty art photos from the past, quotes, rants. I'll stop now, but you get the idea. Join in, we'll pay attention.

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6 comments:

  1. You are amazing! This. Is. Amazing!

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    1. That's so nice, Think! You know I totally rocked out to your TOL post this week. That has to be one of my favorites.

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  2. WOAH. Your paintings are simply amazing!! I love art so much, and was going to take it as a subject at school, but I wanted to paint and draw, hone my skills, but it all seemed like a lot of essays and pointless rubbish. I wish I was better at drawing, because I love it. It's so amazing looking at something that someone has made with their own hands, I think your paintings are brilliant Robyn!

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    1. Thank you so much, Tilly! Drawing is a matter of training muscles and learning to notice various degrees of light and dark. I promise you, it may start out academic, but then comes the play and the mess! The running joke at my college was, "Where do you hide something from an art student?...Under the soap."

      Happy reading, Tilly!

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  3. Robyn, this is incredible! Truly! You absolutely have several creative bones in your body, girl! I'm blown away. You know, I still want to interview you - because I had several questions about you and art after reading Shadow Town. ;) Thanks for sharing ALL your talents!

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    1. Aw, thank you, Brandee. Interview me any time. Maggie really pulled me into art. I could feel the brush in my hand during those painting scenes.

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