I have spent the day thus far...

...weight-lifting, constructing canvases with my dad, and doing dirty jobs (ie. banking, putting away laundry, figuring out my class schedule for next semester etc.) I just finished slathering on the first coat of gesso - boy does the canvas suck that stuff up - and I figured that I might as well post another post while I'm waiting.

Two bits of (good!) news since last time:
1. My cell-inspired abstract paintings died after the birth of something new and much better.
2. Two of my pieces were accepted in my college's juried student art show: My big "Hank" on cardboard (Drawing I final) and my triptych assignment :D The show is running from April 5th - 26th, and the opening is this Sunday!!

Goodbye, my little cell friends. Hello, Interstices I, II, & III.
>>in·ter·stice: A space, especially a small or narrow one, between things or parts.

Interstice I

Interstice II



Interstice III

They just sort of happened, dragging me far away from where I thought I was headed. After the initial "blast-paint-onto-canvas-and-don't- think-too-much-stage," they made it pretty obvious to me where and how I should continue to paint them (more thoughtfully.) For some reason I was strangely dedicated to them, and as I articulated each tiny but fascinating area I felt as though I was doing something of supreme importance to me. What I'm the most excited about though is that I have found a way to work in paint which feels special to me. I think the technique I used to create these paintings deserves a lot more exploration.

So these are kind of an offshoot of my abstract painting assignment. The going-to-be second part of my assignment is that I'm going to take some especially interesting shapes from these paintings and then using those make several compositions with flat color. Like Ingrid Calame's work, only instead of using tracings of stains and skid marks and such, I'll use my interstices. I'm thinking that I'll do one composition for each Interstice painting, using the same palette so they'll be little sets :] That's what the newly stretched canvases are for. I'll let you know how they go.