This is the canvas I am working on in my studio. Inspired by Basquiat and Twombly, I have used oil stick, spraypaint, pastel, emulsion and pencil. I may use varnish on some areas and add another layer.
Anton Ehrenzweig believes that a good artist must have an ‘undifferentiated’ attention holding the total structure of the work in an ‘undifferentiated’ view. He states that a dispersed empty stare is needed so that unconscious scanning can go on. The artist is looking to find details which upset the balance of the picture, which can then be altered. Ehrenzweig suggests that this ‘undifferentiated’ attention must be guided by some hidden order working on primitive levels of awareness. (Erenzweig 1967:29)
Ehrenzweig, A. (1967) The Hidden Order of Art: A Study in the Psychology of Artistic Imaginatic. London: Weidenfeld.
