WHEN IS A PIECE FINISHED?

 Some questions to consider:

 

Part of the creative process is recognizing when you have reached a satisfying solution. This is an individual decision based on your goals.

Recognition of a "solution" comes when the questions you've posed for yourself seem satisfied.

 

1. Do I like what I've done?

2.Have I waited long enough to test my satisfaction with this solution?

3. Is the composition visually intact? Have I satisfied composition,
surface,color, size and image goals?

 



4. Do I feel comfortable with this piece?

 5. If I turn it upside down, what is revealed?

6. Does it "feel" whole?

These are some of the intellectual and emotional components to feeling resolved with a piece of work.

    May 1993
acrylic/paper, 22 x 30"


 

HOW MUCH CAN BE "LEARNED"?

You can learn a great deal about
producing a good piece of art.
There is a body of knowledge
that many artists acquire
to become better artists.

Art concepts such as balance,
light and shade, composition
and color and theory
can be studied and practiced.

Studying other artist'swork and techniques is no different
from studying research in other fields.


Learning to recognize where it
integrates into science, math,
literature, history, and
the environment expands
your "artistic" view of life.

Creativity can be cultivated
through awareness and the willingness
to use things in a flexible, alternative way.

Staying open to the unexpected,
recording memories and surprises
can result in a greater capacity
to apply creative ideas.

Yellow Onion
1993, acrylic/paper, 23 x 30"

 

Only the artist is the final judge.

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