I took some paintings in to be photographed last week. The slides came out looking great, better than the paintings. The color was vibrant in the paintings, and more so in the slides. But after having the work out of my studio for a week, I saw that the image in the paintings felt unresolved. I took the paintings home and tweaked them, worked on them again for a couple of days. They are basically the same, just different. They look as good as the photographs now.
But I needed the slides to send to the Galerie d’Avignon in Montreal for her to choose pieces for a group exhibit in March. I sent off the slides. When I spoke to the gallery owner, I told her the story, that the paintings had changed a bit since they were photographed. She chuckled and said everyone does that. What a relief! I’m not the only one.
I’m titling my exhibit at the Lunenburg Art Gallery, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in May Subject to Change because that is a good description of my painting process. When I told the Lunenburg Art Gallery that was the title, they thought it was just a working title and would change. But it is the paintings that change. Over and over and again.
Posted by leya at January 17, 2004 03:06 PM