Painting

As promised, here is the painting I slammed together in four and a half hours yesterday.  I see a couple things I want to adjust, but it's close to finished.  As many of you know, I would normally put in 60-80 hours on something this size (about 20x30").  It is a drastic and expressionistic departure from my normal working style, but I really liked throwing paint around, sometimes literally, while listening to Postal Service and dancing around the apartment.  It was something of an experiment based on an idea I've had for a while that was suggested by some friends last year.  I don't mean to be cryptic, but that's as much as I'll say here.  


I said it before, but this place and my experiences here have inspired something completely unexpected.

On the Rocks (Above Calhoun Canyon)

Side note: Steven suggested setting up his camera for a time lapse video of me doing a painting.  It would be a lot of fun for me to watch.  I'll be sure to post it if/when we get it done. 

Badlands Residency Day 13

April 3, 2012

Spent the morning updating my website with the two paintings I've finished so far. Had a bite to eat, then got out the brush. Instead of working on sage creek, I wanted to do something fast and wild. I stretched another full sheet, and slammed together a finished painting in about 4 ½ hours. Unreal. Not sure what I think of it, I'm withholding judgment until I see it in daylight. Regardless, the fact that I'm wanting to paint this way is baffling.  It is as if I am another person here.

 After finishing, I sat on my porch with a bag of carrots, watching the birds. Ed came by, and I suggested a hike behind the quad. Steven joined us. I climbed to the top of many of the buttes, and we walked all the way back to the fence at the edge of the park boundary.  Saw the resident herd of mule deer, and Ed said they should be fawning this month, which will be fun to see.  The sunset was absolutely spectacular. Wish I had brought my camera along, but it is much easier to climb higher without the uneven weight. We walked back as twilight set in, then headed to meet Ryan, Tricia, and John at the wagon wheel. After that some of us watched a movie at Ryan's place. Tomorrow my plan is to spend the day hiking. Steven and I are going to go together and bring one of the rangers' radios with. It's so nice to be able to have that bit of safety net when hiking in the remote areas of the park.

Today's music: Postal Service, Such Great Heights - it's fitting, as you'll see when I post the painting tomorrow.