Underpainting: to Some It's The Best Part
Painting can sometimes be a lot like making chocolate chip cookies in that the batter can be more satisfying than the finished product: and so are my paintings to some of my viewers. If I could only count the number of times I've heard people comment that they enjoyed my painting when I had just begun it (when I had painted the underpainting in brown monochromatic colors that is)meaning that I aught to have stopped back then. I feel like a small mouse then who ruined a nice cake of the house owner who is providing me a warm home. Point being, sometimes one can't provide what people are looking for in the artist quest for a finished painting. But an artist can record his progress of his creative act with photographic snapshots after each painting period. I did just that. I painted for eleven sessions and set up my camera and snapped away after each one. So here to satisfy those folks who like my beginnings much better than my endings...well I aim to please.