"In or Out" ($60.00)

(adjusted price.....$60.00......mounted on a 1.50" depth clayboard)


"Editing is the process of deciding what's in and what's out." Every artist is an editor and must decide what design elements are in or out. Actually, everyone is an editor of their own lives as well. We each decide what thoughts are in or out. Enjoy your life by being a good editor.

You may be wondering why I painted a light fixture in this piece. It represents the big moment in art or in life when there is a paradigm shift that often results from good editing. In artwork, it is that awesome moment when nothing needs to be added or taken away. In real life, it is allowing the right thoughts to occupy your mind and disallowing the negative ones to dominate.

So I definitely wanted to use a random application of gesso to create light filled shapes in the background. The band of black gesso on the right grounds the piece. You are able to see clearly how a dilute application of acrylic in Green Gold and Cobalt Turquoise (Golden Fluid Acrylics) reacts when painted over the gesso and the more saturated areas where the paint hits unprimed paper. It is important not to keep "fussing" with a piece until it's ruined. Let the process and materials do the work. Observe why something turned out the way it did so you can repeat it again. Acute observation is essential to the editing processl So turn the light on by becoming a good editor. Just something to think about.

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