Thursday, March 22, 2012

An addition to my "Semiotic Series"

I was invited to be in a show called "Homage". This is one of the two that I created for that show.




24" x 12", encaustic & mixed medium


My rather "loose" homage was to Sean Sculley (stripes). I had decided on a composition of stripes, and it evolved with additions of symbols (semiotic = signs and symbols). I had another encaustic painting in this show which was a homage to Jasper Johns . . also a "loose" homage (circles, numbers, and letters), and it will be an addition to my Semiotic Series. I finished the two pieces on the last day of the submission deadline to the show. To my mind, the other painting needed a little tweaking (rubbing more oil pigment stick into the surface, that I wasn't able to do, as the oil, even though it is a very thin rubbing into the surface, it still needs a day to dry before protecting with the wax medium) . . talk about last minute!! Although there is nothing like a deadline to motivate me. When that is done I will post that.

I don't know if any of this makes sense to you, but what "my taste" and "eye" says can be "ok" and "work" isn't always to my complete satisfaction . . (not this piece above, but the one I'm not posting). I work, internally, to say . . "ok . . this isn't totally up to my "eye's" standard, but it's ok. And I can bring that "it" to the next piece.

That's the way I was with the last painting I posted. That was also finished with a deadline, and it was juried into an encaustic painting show, that will be in Detroit's Scarab Club, called "WAX." I like to take time to look at a piece, before I decide if it's totally finished. I'm not speedy, when it comes to me accepting that a piece is finished. There are a few more "touches" I will put in it . . after the show.

It's an evolution, through time, for me . . in finding a "middle ground" with my inner critic. Letting the three pieces "go out" into the world, without a feeling of "totally finished", is finding my middle ground.

16 comments:

  1. I know what you mean about taking time to look at a piece. Sometimes I've reworked pieces just because they don't feel finished or right in some way. Love the piece you've included in this post, especially the use of colors.

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  2. Thank you Kathryn and thank you for stopping by and commenting. Although . . .I'm thinking it needs some red in it. :)

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  3. I sometimes let something sit for a good 6 months or a year. I loose my emotional attachment to it and I can make a judgement about what it may need.
    Love this piece Jann. I hope you pin it so I can repin!

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  4. mmmm I love stripes, especially black stripes. This is a great piece, Jann!

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  5. Thank you, Leslie . . As far as pinning . . I'm going to let this sit around for a while . . not totally decided yet.

    Thank you Robyn . . I love stripes too. I'd like to do more with stripes.

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  6. That feeling of what your mind 'sees' the finished piece to be and what your hand actually does.. never really goes away..our minds see the ideal image.. and our hand is so stubborn to go its own way.. :-)

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    1. Hi Donna ... thank you for stopping by ... looks like the dance between eye and hand is part of the dance of life (ying/yang). :)

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  7. Bonjour Jann, je pense que ce que l'on fait avec sa passion, son amour ou sa maîtrise qu'importe les mots puisqu'ils expriment (passion,amour,maîtrise) la sincérité et la sérénité, vous offre, nous offre, la révélation de ce que l'on cherche à communiquer ou offrir à l'autre et les moyens techniques ou spirituels pour l'accomplir et qu'ainsi soit aimé son oeuvre; je crois, humblement :-), que vous avez trouvé les tons, le graphisme, les proportions et le support à cela; et le plus important est là: l'équilibre c'est le juste milieu. merci si vous m'avez lu: à bientôt, see you soon and sun

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  8. Bonjour Thige ... Merci de votre visite et de commenter avec vos aimables paroles. Tous le meilleur pour vous ... a bientot

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  9. This is a lovely piece. Congrats on the show! And it is that intuitive sense that a piece is done, isn't it. It's like there's some ah, feeling, that's it.

    As always I love to hear about your process.

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    1. Thank you, Carole. I appreciate your kind support. My challenge is to find a balance between mind and feeling, right v.s. left . . "sigh" . . balance. It is also a challenge in life for me. :)

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  10. This artwork is beautiful, Jann. Is is collage with wax or all painted wax? Very mystic and delicate.

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    1. Thank you, Sue. Almost all wax. The small symbols are on thin paper, the stripes are oil rubbed into the surface and then wax over that. Thank you for stopping by and commenting. :)

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  11. Jann thanks for stopping by my blog. the paper you mention is Japanese paper which I bought at a store that sells paper. not sure where they got it but I know "Layers" also has some of it out there on the Pacific Coast. Possibly could find it on a Japanese paper website. not sure. be well, suki

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  12. JG-irrespective of the purpose or meaning of your piece it is beautiful to my eye. And I agree with some others - we need to trust the eye and soul and not let the mind and hand over work. Go well with the showing of the works; and congratulations on being invited. B

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    1. Thanks so much, Barry. I really appreciate your input . . sorry I'm so late in replyig here!

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