These are two images of my palatial studio/ toy box, where I try to spend as much time as I can painting. The images on the wall and easel are of Pretty Pool Creek and are destined for the Courthouse Gallery gift shop, which I view as a practical solution to having paintings for sale in the gallery without the stress of painting for a show. This way I can also gauge feed back, which I am eager for as so far the only people to have seen this painting have been my family and unfortunately their feed back has been less than helpful.
Conversation with five year old daughter:
I like the one that says 'Creek'
It's one painting
Yeah, the one on the end
No, it's one painting. It's three panels that make one painting, it's called a triptych
Well, I like the one on the end
Conversation with husband:
What do you think?
Which one don't you like?
It's one painting, three panels, one painting it's called a triptych, what do you think?
Why don't you just keep going, or start another painting and then see what you think.
ARGH! Sometimes I miss the interaction of other artists in a communal studio space. Sometimes I yearn for a conversation about line and colour and composition and application. Sometimes I would just like a simple answer to the question, 'What do you think?'
Anyway, I believe I have reached a resolution of the painting (all three of them). I will post an image of the completed work before it hangs on the walls of the Courthouse Gallery.
