Thankyou everyone for your comments! it gives me even more energy while i am in the studio, and many of your comments come to mind during times of struggles.
A few of you brought of concerns about the opacity of certain sections and that the underlying work need be covered up. I am gonna probally go against the grain by saying i prefer the lack of opacity. I am a carpenter/craftsmen and very much find great visual and narrative potency in leaving the means to the end exposed. I harbor ill will towards paintings which look to finished and polished. I strive to step away from the easel the moment the energy/mood has gone, and while the piece offers enough "stuff" to open a visual conversation with the viewer. It is a tremendously fine line for sure, and more recently I am tending to err on the side of underdoing something, because it affords me a chance to look longer and add if called for.
i guess i really would like to know if you feel by leaving the traces and history of previous marks i am lessend your expectations as a viewer to what a piece of art should look like.
if i had to compare my current work to another art form i would say bebop jazz. it is taking a lot of education, blending it with a manifold of influences and trying to improvise a synergy of it all in real time. the ugliness and beauty of doing it "live" not being affraid of the flaws coming up and suggesting a deeper story. i have usually found what i percieve to be flaws or accidents to be a rich resource of inspiration.
def . would love to hear if any of this clicks with anyone or if i am just a madman doodling away. i am content either way
