Then I started thinking about why I like working on smaller pieces. What is it about a small ‘canvas’ that is an answer to an inner voice? I kept thinking of the control factor. I wonder if the fact that I want to take risks but only to a certain degree is the appeal of a smaller format. I also know that this is how I tend to conduct my life. I want and will try to take risks but only within confined boundaries. Perhaps I might try to expand my environments – both on a personal and artistic level. One never knows, the exploration might prove beneficial.
Thoughts, musings and randomness from a woman whose passions infringe on her life in the everyday world. "Yes, honey....dinner will be ready soon."
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Artistic Voice Matching Inner Voice
Then I started thinking about why I like working on smaller pieces. What is it about a small ‘canvas’ that is an answer to an inner voice? I kept thinking of the control factor. I wonder if the fact that I want to take risks but only to a certain degree is the appeal of a smaller format. I also know that this is how I tend to conduct my life. I want and will try to take risks but only within confined boundaries. Perhaps I might try to expand my environments – both on a personal and artistic level. One never knows, the exploration might prove beneficial.
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3 comments:
interesting reflection re the smaller canvas, I too may want to give it more thought, but my initial reaction (since I too like smaller projects for my art) is that its about impatience, needing to see progress, needing to got on with it....
I think I can second quilt pixie's comment. My attention span can be short. Small projects for me are best when learning new techniques. I have a hard time committing to large projects and maintaining interest.
Here's what I think about small works - they're more intimate, and I think I feel like I'm mothering them :-) A really large work feels like I can't mother it adequately.
Dixie
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