Process

A series of stages. The course of becoming.












For me, every artwork is an experiment.
It's why I love mixed media - no end to the possibilities...

Process. A series of stages.

I like to think of each new idea as the beginning of a body of work, no matter how small that body may be.
This seems to work for me in my experimentation.










And here's how.


                                                                               

When artworks are developed as part of a series -same imagery, colours, materials, size - the works are linked, but stand on their own.
I begin with an idea, then play around with it, (on paper, or canvas or board). If I like what is happening, all sorts of new possibilities may open up. I can imagine how the work would change if I did something differently. Even a subtle shift.

But here's the thing. It's important (for me) to leave the first work as it is, as my starting point, and begin again, on work #2.
Sometimes rearranging the elements, changing their placement or playing with colour or tone, can make a piece more interesting, more balanced.

I rework the idea.

 And I rework it again.















And again.

Process. The course of becoming.

All of this might lead to other ideas, so I carry on. Carry on, on this journey I'm on.
The ideas (with luck) will flow. The works, by nature, are linked, yet everything is experimental, organic. No worries about mistakes, or drips, or blots or messes. Not all of the works will all be successful all of the time. But, just sometimes, the work which ends up being the most successful is a total surprise.


Each new work is literally the 'drawing-board' one goes back to as the series progresses.
Each work, in essence, the page of a sketchbook, more akin to a journal entry than to a planned, finished, polished artwork.
And as a 'journal entry', each work of the series will stand.
As a testament to the thought process of the moment, each work stands.
Flawed and brilliant ideas alike.
Each work, a signpost along the way.

In the end, the series is a collection of these ideas.
The process recorded, I can look back at the route this particular idea has taken.












Process. A series of stages. The course of becoming.