Gallery View XIII
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Images: 082802 & borrowed studio view (Max Gimblett).
What started as a little fun- imagining what one of these table drawings might look like if it existed as a painted object on a wall- has turned into, as of today, thirteen days of Photoshop fantasy (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII). I never imagined I'd ride this and stretch it out to two weeks. You try something, it works a bit, you keep repeating it with some variation, and suddenly fourteen days have gone by.
These have been fun to make, but they are also frustrating reminders. When I began teaching my artwork moved to the classroom, and the small studio I still have became storage over time. I've made small pieces over the years, painting and drawings, but it's been a long time since I had a dedicated space to do this work. A spare bedroom just doesn't work. Right now, without adequate space, when I think about it for too long, I feel so impatient I want to jump out of my chair.
As our house hunting drags on the period of time when I don't have a place, even a corner of a garage, makes me practice patience even more, something I'm not always good at. There are times when patience turns for me into boredom. I like to do, not to wait, not to cut myself off. There is no substitute for working on a scale that I've imagined in these fantasy views.
This weekend we visited twice each and talked a lot about making offers on two houses. Both had lots of space for living, indoors and out, and space that would work well as a studio. For various reasons we didn't make offers. We haven't, I guess, still found "our" house.
When I think and talk about my weblog as a studio, and when I'm doing these very plain and simple drawings in a very restrictive medium, I'm finding a way, given what is and isn't available, to continue to work.
Tomorrow, the 14th image, will be the last of these- at this time, anyway. And then I'll start something new- I don't know what, yet- and wonder what that will turn into.
Thanks, Lynn: "Zelig-like." That's accurate.
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