progress as of June 10, 2009
I have had a number of people ask me if the painting is finished yet, to which I said to myself out of complete dismay, “Can’t you see it is not!!” I realized that it is very difficult not only for the viewer to be able to see when a work is finished but also for the artist. Add on to that my process of applying dozens of layers; I guess I can see how difficult it is to know when I am finished a painting.
I am now at the stage where I am starting to think that the painting is almost done. I have cropped it to look more like a finished piece. I worked on it for about 7 hours since the last post and as you can see it has changed dramatically. In the studio it looks pretty good, but on the computer screen I am not too sure. The subtleties in the white and pink areas don’t show as well, nor do the splashes of pure colour but it does give you a better look at the overall structure, much better then when in front of the actual canvas.
I would really appreciate any comments, criticisms and suggestions.
This is the stage where as the artist you need to be very critical and honest about the work. I can remember critique day at university, when the entire class would get together and criticize the art works. Those were hard days. You may think the what you created was good but in fact it was actually really bad and believe me, people (and especially the professor) had no problem telling you it was crap. The criticism was very constructive for sure and it taught you to have a good critical eye.
So the question is, is Venice finished?
