What happens if you ignore the doubts….

For years I’ve been saving posts of people making massive paintings, I’ve got a Pinterest board devoted to it.

Last year I decided I wanted to paint bigger and made a couple of larger paintings.  It felt good.  I had an urge to paint a series of larger pieces and I made a start.

At some point in the Autumn I got the fear!  “What am I doing, where will these paintings go, where will I keep them, what about framing them??”

And then I just decided to not worry about it and do it anyway. And I loved it!

The photos I was taking of them in my studio were exciting to me – It’s good to be excited by your own work.

This scale has brought a freedom to my movements and marks and I’ve loved the physicality of the process.  I’m not just painting them, I feel like I’m in them!

This James Clear quote that I wrote down earlier in the year seems to sum this up well.

“Your best performances will come when you are working in a way that is full expression of you. The work becomes a natural display of your personality.  This is when you not only get better results but also love the activity – because in doing the craft, you feel alive.”

Previous
Previous

Five at Stamford Arts Centre

Next
Next

Art For Cure – Spring Exhibition