The Importance of Progress

Evening, all! I was just sitting here in my studio and thinking about progress- most artists make this daily in their studios- it's what we thrive on! Progress means we're getting somewhere, that something is HAPPENING within these 4 (well, in my case 3.75) walls.

What got me thinking about this topic was rather simple- I took some photos of a piece I'm working on at two different stages of its completion, and wondered just how many painters (and artists that work in other media) take progress photos.

This post isn't particularly long, but I would like to ask my fellow painters out there, "Do you take progress photos?" and "Do you find them helpful?"

Let me know what you think!!!

Here are the photos in question, by the way. I'll post more on this piece as I continue to work on it, I'm VERY excited about where this little baby is going!

Until next time,

C.

Edinboro: Getting Back.

If there's one thing I know about being a painter, it's that getting back to your studio after being away for awhile feels better than ice cream. 

No really, it's better.

I've been back for a week now, and I've really been getting back into the schedule of wake up, eat food, paint, eat food, paint, sleep, repeat. I also took some time out to get my studio moved (I got me a nice one, with a window I can open! Fresh air. It's a good thing. Feels good, man.)

Just a small portion of the new space- REALLY digging that my easel doesn't eat the entire room anymore.

Once I finished the move and cleaned (my previous studio mate left me some almonds, post-its, and about 12 cents. Thanks, Josh! Heh.), I was able to bring in some of the things I'd done over the summer, as well as new supplies and whatnot. This post isn't really about the process of moving a studio, though- it's more about some of my summer creations, and where I'm intending to go with them!

What I have for you today isn't quite everything that I've been working on, but just some of the ideas I've gotten down on canvas in the past few months. Prepare yourself for some tea...

Not so much tea, more an expansion on a previous thought from earlier this summer..

Okay, so this one isn't tea. It's a quick studio of my boyfriend, Nick. :)

This... This is a bottle cap.

I'm really excited about this idea of using mundane, used objects as surrogate figures in my work- I think that it really adds to the running theme of impermanence, absence, memory and overall life cycles in my work. The objects we use are left, discarded, and forgotten. What I'm aiming to do is give these objects (and portraits, when I produce those) the respect they deserve- in my eyes, they lived a life equally important to ours, though short. 

Keep on the lookout for more pieces in the future!