SIZE:
60”W x 36”H x 2”D

DETAILS:
Original Acrylic Painting on Linen
Framed in maple wood
Signed by the Artist on the front
Certificate of Authenticity provided

ABOUT THIS WORK:

Running into a friend at Starbucks, she asked what I was working on. “Nothing,” I exhaled. “I’m in this uncomfortable in-between. I've just finished a painting - which feels great - but now I really want to get started on something new, but I don’t know what it is.” Later, on her way out, she lovingly wished me energy to get out of my funk.

I realized this has happened before. In fact, every time. Each completed painting comes with a deep, soul-felt satisfaction, yet it’s followed soon after by a tension, an urge, a need to begin again. Normally, I don’t allow myself time to gather, or my ideas time to simmer. I get started right away. This however, is often followed by painting over days or even weeks’ worth of work, when the concept fails. When the idea isn’t done cooking yet.

What if I could get into my funk? What if I could embrace this awkward waiting stage, this negative space? To revel in the funk.

Art and design benefit largely from the use of negative space. A moment for the eye to rest. A calm balance to the dynamic elements. Could I find the positive within this negative space of not doing?

I didn’t know it would take another three weeks for the idea to finally emerge.

I also didn’t know that it would become the most calming, meditative and nurturing painting experience I’ve had to date.

Negative space. Negative?

There’s nothing negative in negative space.

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SHIPPING:
This painting is available through Mont Art House. Please email bess@montarthouse.com to inquire.