June 30, 2014

the big one! no.11

The big one no.11

36" x 48"

I’ve been so busy keeping up with all my other social media these days, I almost forgot to share my largest painting to date with you here. The small canvas at the bottom is a 10" x 10" to show you scale.

All this time I’ve been concerned about space when creating large works like this, where will I hang it? where will it fit? where can I paint freely withou getting paint everythwere? Really all that needed to happen was the decision to do it. There was a nail in our back fence, perfect height for this painting and that was that. Right? a familiar theme...We spend a lot of time waiting for everything to be just right before we get to the business of creating. Excuses, procrastination, blah, blah, blah. At some point you just have to decide to do it already.

{original is available here} 

Comments (4)

I love the new abstract stuff :) I like the post too. It reminds me that I have a bunch of canvas at my parents' house I need to put on some stretchers and make my own canvases. No excuses :)
I have seen your work in many different places and love your sweet style. I come here today through a post in an online class I am taking from Jenni Horne. I am so glad I came today to see your abstract work. I love your abstract paintings. This one is absolutely breathtaking! Learning new things and challenging oneself is a good thing. We get to figure out what we like and don't like.

Jackie Jones
I've always wanted to paint but just can't seem to get past the fear of staring at that blank canvas and worrying I won' t have any idea what to put on it and that what I do put on it will just be awful.
You just start Kim! I know it can feel totally intimidating, but you can just start by playing with color and don't judge what comes forth.