Art is like skiing (and other metaphors that might help when you feel stuck)
Adopting a mindset of openness, exploration, and embracing uncertainty is the best antidote to feeling stuck. I remind myself to let go of trying to reach a planned destination for the moment and see what can happen when I try something different instead. I know that once I’m back into a more playful, experimental attitude, good things – surprising things – are going to start to happen.
Marking the land with our feet
Look closely and you’ll find footpaths carving through many of my paintings. The abstract landscapes I paint are largely imagined; but the remembered hikes and walks I’ve taken all over the planet are also present.
Leapfrog: The best reason for painting abstracts in a series
In a series, paintings play leapfrog with each other, moving ahead and falling back in an asynchronous dance, until one by one they’re finished. This interplay between individual pieces and the ability to have one help the others along is the very best reason I know for painting in a series.