Monday, March 31, 2003

Blimey! Get Right Back On That Horse

I actually went and did it - I put paint brush to board last night, for the first time since the summer of '99. Only an undercoat an some basic work at the moment, but its a start - I will try and do a bit at a time - snatch it here and there!

Its a bit of a change in the way I'm painting. I've completely changed my editorial brief in a way. My old paintings would take an age to do - details and the like. This new painting is very much the opposite end of the spectrum for me. It comes down to the fact I haven't time to paint details so I won't. I want to use my sense of light and solidity but in an abstracted and simplified way - monumental and theatrical. I also want to bring back the experimental qualities of mixing media and stuff, like I used to before I was institutionalised.

I'm hoping it will be more in the free and playful spirit (though not execution) of this mixed media piece from my youth.

Rather than the lumpy and imperfect detail and narrative of the later pieces like this one.

Reading that back it sounds like I'm having a mid-life painting crisis - harking back to my youth and all. That's not the case though. I want to do something new that takes the best (to me) from both styles. I will post some pictures when I've done one. If I ever get as far as finishing it that is...

Of course - there will still be a darkly surreal slant to the whole affair. Goes without saying...

Posted by Dio Bach at 14:06

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