Comments | shawnigan: Blank canvas

shawnigan

Blank canvas

Jul 05, 2006 09:13

We're back from a week in the interior. It was HOT. Every day the temp reached 32-35C (that's 90+ F). Luckily there is a gorgeous mountain lake 30 minutes from E's Mum's home which became our respite from the heat as well as from her. I realized I truly am a lakelady ( Read more... )

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voodoukween July 6 2006, 02:02:42 UTC

wow, you must have driven as far as i did to new mexico only i was in desert practically the whole time. i like your retaining the images in your mind, that's more my style anyway. it will feed the blank canvas must and get her to work, i'm certain.

welcome home.

shawnigan July 7 2006, 18:23:31 UTC

I'd like to spend some time in the desert. Such a different palette then my west coast rain forest home. It was hilarious that at one point as we drove along Evo brought my attention to the fact that I was muttering away "...an underlayer of titan buff with just a hint of burnt sienna then overlayered patches of light chromium green, a touch of gessoed umber here and there, oh and what're those purple flowers..."
So yes, not having a camera forced me to really LOOK and absorb all the subtleties.

voodoukween July 9 2006, 02:20:57 UTC

i love your descriptive narrative :) and i'm glad the colors fed you as they did me. it was like i could not swallow the visions before me fast enough.

meadowood July 7 2006, 17:11:47 UTC

hmmm. completely missed this post! sounds like you had a good road trip after all. Yay! And maybe the muse needed to be "in the moment" rather than behind the lens. Sometimes that works better, I think. Stronger impressions can be made cuz you KNOW you have to ingest what you're experiencing rather than delayed gratification from pictures. (if that makes ANY sense at all!) Take time to smell the roses, dear sister. Emailing anon. xx

shawnigan July 7 2006, 18:31:22 UTC

Not having camera images to jog the memory did make me pay more attention to colour and form. I plan to try some broad stroke impressionist/abstract pieces from it.
I did so want to do some transfers, though; guess I'll just have to do a solo road trip sometime for some plein air and reference pix. Wish you could come with!