Do I need to have an actual project ?
The most enlightening thing to come out of my 3 year Degree course is…..
CONTEXT. I don’t think I really understood this term before or even during the Degree, but now I think I do. Born with a natural ability to make Observational Drawing, I spent the last 3 years trying to unlearn this ability – to draw & paint Conceptually; to become an Abstract artist.
Suddenly I realise there is no need to do this. Eureka moment.
Drawing on the beach at Dunwich, recently, I knew that although my work was about the reality which I could see, at the back of my mind I could also see – de Stael,Hockney, Monet, Bueys, Gormley, Picasso, Auerbach, Doig and so many others.
I have started to draw in CONTEXT and that makes a huge difference.
I do Not have a Project. The subject matter will take care of itself.
It is enough to draw, to paint to respond in an intuitive way; to search for meaning.
I will not find it.
There is no meaning except to exist, to live life to the best of your ability. In my case that means I am driven to draw & paint.
