An Art Practice

Painting shows me

Kathleen Moore — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:30:08 +0000

Painting shows me my stubbornness, my insecurity, my indecision. It also shows me my courage when I persist anyway!

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Jumping

Kathleen Moore — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:30:50 +0000

Painting shows me how I “close my eyes and jump” at things.

Filed under: process notes Tagged: observation, painting

Painting is a dance

Kathleen Moore — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:30:09 +0000

Painting is a dance – sometimes a struggle – between specificity and ambiguity.

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Dialog

Kathleen Moore — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:30:42 +0000

The chief reason for practicing art is to engage in a dialog with my being.

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Stay out of the way

Kathleen Moore — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:30:40 +0000

Being inspired is having a smidgen of the creative force of the universe set up shop in my mind – doing what it does best - I really have nothing to do but stay out of the way!

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Drawing for the next painting

Kathleen Moore — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:39:03 +0000

By beginning with a drawing, I can let the composition of a piece start to tell its story without the complexity of color. Working from a reference photo taken in northern New Mexico, I begin plotting out the position and direction of the darks & lights and clarifying the composition of the drawing.

The beginning of a drawing – laying in the darks and lights

Developing the entire drawing-

Strengthening the darks –

The finished drawing. Charcoal on paper, 10×16 in

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Habit

Kathleen Moore — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:30:53 +0000

Painting shows me how trapped I am in habit!

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Why?

Kathleen Moore — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:30:49 +0000

Why practice art if you don’t observe yourself doing it?

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Inspiration

Kathleen Moore — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:00:32 +0000

Inspiration is a little like breathing a feather up your nose.
Suddenly, it’s all about “getting it out”!