make your accidents your own

Firstly, I've started some new works on cardboard. This should get revisited when I have more of the same. There is something about groups of works that can make them more noteworthy.




The topic I wanted to touch upon (again) is the phenomena of a painting looking stronger half way through as opposed to when it is done. This happen far too often for me to ignore. It is in part the idea that the rough, more gestural strokes of my painting at certain points allow both the often more powerful suggestion of form as opposed to the strictly literal translation. This is not just bolder stroke methodology but also the mechanics of seeing. If I go on too much I'd be talking about something I do not know about.
Anyhow, there is a strength in a painting that I lose if I work past it. This is something that happen unintentionally or at least unconsciously. Clearly the thing to explore is to try and make the unintentional outcome an intentional habit. Ironically it is a struggle against my own instincts. but i am going to try it by leaving some of the Batman painting as they are and see how they stack up against the others. Thanks for listening.