I've been working on my painting of Miss Carrie this evening.
I really love this portrait, I think it is one of the better things I've painted.
And that really is a good thing because I do try so hard to improve with each piece, each piece should be better than the one before it.
I love that my portraits have souls, atleast I think they do.
This painting of Carrie has such a fire and a passion, such heat and desire, I love it.
I wait till it is finished to post a picture (thought I have considered having a work in progress section of this page some what similar to the currently reading section.)
One thing I love about this particular painting is that the figure has a very intense gaze. She is looking at something with intense passion and interest....and it is not the viewer, it is something (or rather someone) just behind the viewer. I love that. She is uninterested in the viewer and want's someone else. She boldly ignores the viewer. Most of my portraits have the subject directly confronting the viewer....and honestly that is something rather common with portraits. the subject looks at the viewer. I like that in this one she doesn't. It sort of gives her power over the viewer. Ha, the painting is in control and chooses not to confront the viewer.
The other day I received notice that I've been invited to participate in an allumni show from my high school. I can submit one piece, and it makes me wonder what I should submit. I have so much work of varying degrees. Do I want a large scale portrait to define me? I almost want to say no, because my school teacher worked alot with portraiture. It really doesn't seem like a great departure, so part of me wants to submit a very inovative non objective piece. ...and I'm also a bit torn in regards to scale, as I work on a very large scale and it seems a bit rude to dominate the space with a very large bold painting. But I guess that's how I had to make my voice heard. I had to stand up tall and use a very loud bold voice to keep from being ignored. And god damnit I will not be ignored.
fuckin' A I need to stop being the passive artist.
3:57 a.m. - February 09, 2006
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