Advanced Concepts in Painting

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I started my Advanced Concepts in Painting class last night at PNCA. The teacher is Anna Fidler, I love her work and I’m so excited to get to take a class from her. The class is a combination of studio class, experimentation, presentation of our work, and study of West Coast Contemporary Art. It is just what I needed. For three hours a week I get to be stimulated and inspired. There will be a couple of guest lecturers and lots of reading.

I’ve been too much in my head about what I want to work on next, and not enough putting paint down. I spend too much time worrying about whether I should work in acrylics or gauche or if I should just stick with oil painting, how I’m going to technically accomplish this vision I have of where I want my work to go. All these are just thoughts and they are all fooey! Less talk, more action. I’m going to use the class to build my portfolio, both for my MFA application and for trying to get more shows.

Next week I present a short slide show about my work. This week I am all fired up about some possible solutions for some sticking points on where I want to go next in my work, so I’m trying them out in my sketchbook. I got some colored origami paper and I’ve been tracing leaves from the yard. It reminds me of when we used to trace leaves and cut them out of construction paper to hang in the windows at elementary school.

I’m excited about the work I’m going to do during the 10 or 12 weeks of the class. I could really use a week off to just play in my paints, but that’s not reality. I definitely seem to have more energy since starting the thyroid replacements. Modern medicine isn’t all that bad after all. I feel more productive already.

Today is first Thursday, better poke around the websites and see what’s happening.


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