The focus of my studio practice is no different then my life’s practice-- the process of undoing. The place of sitting in the uncomfortable, edging the paint and form to awkward and clumsy, ridding myself of self-criticism and perfection.
I employ multiple strategies to accomplish this. Paint is layered up, removed, and then covered up again. Sometimes a razor blade, belt sander, or dremel is used. Raw pigment, binder, silt, and intuitive color choices are applied with dried-up brushes, putty knife, stick or poured in layers. The physicality and process plays an important role.
Sometimes I can’t stand the unknowing or lack of control so I revert to a beautiful painting attempt.
It’s always uncertain what's going to win out. The true goal is union.
The studio practice is a process of these iterations— curiosity, procrastination, patience, attachment, chaos, and letting go. I fail in this undoing often.
At some point there is a declaration of doneness. Albeit for just a moment, or longer, as all things are impermanent, so no use trying to control that.