Published in AcrylicWorks 6 - Creative Energy: The Best of Acrylic Painting
Caption sharing the creative process:
This painting began without consideration to the outcome. Working with 140 lb Arches
ColdPress watercolor paper and Golden Fluid Acrylics, I laid down color and shapes abstractly.
In my creative process I respond intuitively to what pleases my eye. Each look would spark the
next step. Satisfied with my progress overall, yet knowing that the painting needed something
more to be remarkable, I put it away into the flat file for another day. Months later, I decided
to paint an Italian friend’s cat Mascherina. ECCO, L'HO TROVATO! I would paint her cat into
the abstraction. This time I approached the painting with a plan, determined for Mascherina
not to be an intruder but to be interwoven into the composition of texture and movement.
And of course, she became the star!
Quote:
“To disappear into creative moments allows one’s energy to soar and for expressions to be
born, transformational, honest, and unexpected!”
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Published in AcrylicWorks 6 - Creative Energy: The Best of Acrylic Painting
Caption sharing the creative process:
This painting began without consideration to the outcome. Working with 140 lb Arches
ColdPress watercolor paper and Golden Fluid Acrylics, I laid down color and shapes abstractly.
In my creative process I respond intuitively to what pleases my eye. Each look would spark the
next step. Satisfied with my progress overall, yet knowing that the painting needed something
more to be remarkable, I put it away into the flat file for another day. Months later, I decided
to paint an Italian friend’s cat Mascherina. ECCO, L'HO TROVATO! I would paint her cat into
the abstraction. This time I approached the painting with a plan, determined for Mascherina
not to be an intruder but to be interwoven into the composition of texture and movement.
And of course, she became the star!
Quote:
“To disappear into creative moments allows one’s energy to soar and for expressions to be
born, transformational, honest, and unexpected!”