Wild creating
Posted on | April 25, 2006 |
An empty page; rough sketch paper, then black paint in arcs. I have no idea what my creation will be. I rip paper, and find I’m drawn (after all-day rainstorms,) to the bright images of peoney blooms in a glossy magazine page. I press the shreds of the hot pink pentals onto the page, then swipe them with the slick sticky gel on my brush.
I let myself create a mess. Nothing makes sense. The images are incongruent, random, and incomplete. I add ripped bits of sentences I copied from online dictionaries about this word: wild (n) deviating widely from an intended course.
Then I talk on the phone with my best friend, my head and shoulder cradling the receiver, letting my mind travel elsewhere; letting chaos ensue on the page. When I look down and realize I’ve rubbed a lot of white paint onto the images a short brush, and suddenly a humming bird arrives. It’s flight path off kilter, angling down. This is my creation: a zig zag of wildness, this uncontainable, too-fast flutterer, almost like my heart tonight. When I allow the wild part of my brain to take over, creation invariably happens.
The theme at mamasaysom this week is wild. Go have some fun here, or here.
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April 25th, 2006 @ 10:46 pm
you are fabulous!!!
April 26th, 2006 @ 12:02 am
That is just beautiful. Beautiful.
April 26th, 2006 @ 12:23 am
lovely. truly.
April 26th, 2006 @ 2:53 am
Aaaah. Lovely
April 26th, 2006 @ 4:52 am
I love the way that the hummingbird is careering towards us!
April 26th, 2006 @ 5:15 am
love the piece. love the inspiring thoughts and how you describe the process. would like to see a little more of the texture and roughness behind the white…
April 26th, 2006 @ 8:27 am
What a perfect peony! And that hummingbird looks hellbent for soaring off the page. Very rarely do we see the full on face of a hummingbird - very cool.
April 26th, 2006 @ 8:47 am
sweet!
April 26th, 2006 @ 8:51 am
gorgeous.
April 26th, 2006 @ 9:27 am
Wow. Christina. That’s beautiful. How much do you usually charge for your work? Josh and I have decided to start a tradition of buying one piece of art a year — I’d definitely be interested in your stuff. Or maybe even getting you to do an illustration for the magazine I work for someday. Big ideas, but, it’s possible!
April 26th, 2006 @ 9:51 am
so beautiful. i love the way the hummingbird is in the foreground, caught in flight. i also love the black outline on the pink peony.
April 26th, 2006 @ 9:55 am
Beautiful! I love hearing about the behind-the-scenes creative process too!
April 26th, 2006 @ 10:47 am
very very cool!
April 26th, 2006 @ 5:28 pm
i would love to buy this piece. it is just stunning. be in touch if you are at all interested in selling.
April 26th, 2006 @ 9:53 pm
You are all so awesome!
Rachel & Charmaine, email me & we can talk more
I’m just getting the hang of this whole selling my art thing! (FYI Rachel, the email you left is somehow incorrect–and keeps bouncing back to me.)