May 7, 2008
“fred 42″: work in progress– day four
[“Fred 42″. Click on image to enlarge etc.]
[Close-up shot.]
Yesterday I wrote, “When I do large pieces, I rarely do the long, 18-hour obsessive stints that so many artists are known for. I prefer to whittle away at it in brief spurts over time– a little bit there, a little bit there, that kind of thing.“
Hmmm… That does not explain the 8 – 10 hours I put into the drawing yesterday. What the hell, I guess I was on a roll.
In the last decade or so, I always had a job to hold down, or a business to run. I always had a thousand different things to do BESIDES making drawings. My drawing time was always “stolen” from the other stuff going on.
But now here in uber-laid-back West Texas, suddenly I have more time on my hands.
Or so it felt, yesterday.
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Is that the org chart for Microsoft?
Yup, I can see it now, Harvey the Rabbit , dead centre..
Hugh
Reminds me of the big stuff you used to do and show at the Third Coast.
Dom
Isn’t getting out of the chaos amazing? We “de-streamed” a couple of years ago, moving to remote New Brunswick and it has been the best thing we could have ever done.
Enjoy that time on your hands! You’re putting it to great use!
Hey Dominick, you’re right. They look a lot like the big pieces I was doing in Chicago, back in 1991 – 92.
Though back then, they were far more “cartoon-y”. Getting more lyrical and “artsy” in my old age
I always thought that “18 hours stints” were kind of self consciously heroic and picasso-like. Like: “Look at me, I’m putting in the hours.“
Actually, the reality is that once you start getting into it, it becomes compulsive/addictive. The time melts away. Before you know it, you’ll be on a roll every day…
A bit like the painter character in Heroes.