Monday, March 11, 2013

Incubating Ideas and Feeling the Fear

For nearly two years, I have been thinking about creating a crow painting to honor the female crow that has adopted me.  Saturday after open studio at Clay Space, I decided that I needed to just do it! No more thinking about it. No more kidding myself that I was letting the idea incubate. It was way past time. If it did not work, I would not have to let anyone know. I used Golden fluid acrylics and once I got started it just flowed out of me and it felt so good. That less than an hour had passed when I finished was truly a shock.  The painting is going to rest for at least another day then I will decide if I want to tweak it. It will hang either in my office or studio until it finds a new home as many of my artwork does.  Every time I face something that frightens me, I feel empowered. Whenever I let go of trying to be perfect, I feel better about myself. Perfectly imperfect. That is where I am and where I will stay.

Acquiring some understanding of why we do things is often a prerequisite to change. I am still trying to figure it all out and in the mean time, I am going to create more art! I hope you will join me.

6 comments:

  1. Karen - I love your crow! My friends tease me, as I add them to many of my art quilts. I am working on a piece now that is taking a long time-but, it has four crows stitched to it. I have no idea what the fascination is. . .

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    1. Diane, Can't wait to see your crows piece! They are interesting creatures so full of personality. Hugs.

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  2. Karen it is beautiful and so full of feeling!

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    1. Rhoda, Thanks! She has great personality which I tried to capture. Hugs.

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  3. Love the movement and the way you used color. Reminds me a lot of the sky/bird atc with fold-out wings.

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    1. You are correct! I used my sketch for both. Thanks! Hugs, Karen

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