Provisional Painting is a great article i just read in Art in America by Raphael Rubinstein. i have always loved unfinished, rough looking paintings and the artists that are brave enough to make them. especially in recent years, when ultra perfect and smooth paintings are the norm. biased towards these types of paintings?, yes. i leave all preliminary marks, 'mistakes' (happy accidents), and outlines in my paintings. for me, it's important to see the thoughts and the process that got me to the 'finished' painting. but have i ever been truley messy and unruly?, no. but wendy white is really inspiring me to! i already started 2 new paintings. if you scroll down further into this blog, you'll see that even in the last entry some of the artwork i'm really drawn to has an engaging surface. and i love it when an artist just seems to cancel out something in their painting. just a big schmear of color to cover up, add a layer...whatever. that takes balls and i hope to grow some soon!
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