Not sure if this is done. It has a damp quality I like. Which leads to the question, how do you know if a work of art is finished?
For me, it has to do with the sizzling energy that I feel while painting. There is something that needs to be said, or better, some wordless insight that demands expression.
And then, suddenly, the energy is gone. It has leaped like a spark from me to the canvas.
Of course, there are occasions when this intuitive sense of completion isn't accurate, when a work could use more work to express its message fully. That's when it becomes work instead of absorbing play.
For me, it has to do with the sizzling energy that I feel while painting. There is something that needs to be said, or better, some wordless insight that demands expression.
And then, suddenly, the energy is gone. It has leaped like a spark from me to the canvas.
Of course, there are occasions when this intuitive sense of completion isn't accurate, when a work could use more work to express its message fully. That's when it becomes work instead of absorbing play.
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