October 25, 2009

‘Monuments’ 8X10 Oil sketch on canvas board

by davidisbester / Make A Comment / Filed under Artist's Blog

Monuments- Oil sketch

Paintings are interesting things really. Funny things. Sometimes they can say more about the artist than the subject. For me painting is not just a thing to do, it’s more like a process that i can’t not do. I always look at paintings and wonder why they were painted. What was driving the artist. Of all things, why this?

I am enjoying painting these small oil sketches as part of ‘Mudita’, I am moving through a lot of ideas more quickly and this is refreshing. This old car and collapsed house are a great example of how a subject can call to an artist. Perhaps paintings are self portraits – of things that they see / feel about themselves. This is me. Standing my ground, exposed, earthy, defiant, and growing in character and beauty as time passes.