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I visited an abstract oil painter's studio today to shoot a video of him, and he gave me great advice. Experimenting with the method will free you from the concept jail. He creates his pieces by rubbing and printing his paintings onto each other, making a never-ending collection that keeps stamping on each other, which is the coolest thing ever. Concept can spring from this too, because it made me feel like the paintings were a family, each of them had resemblances to each other in such an intimate way that siblings do, they all came from the same origin-- generational.
Jul 18, 2025
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would he be willing to let you share any of those works here? that sounds so cool ☺️
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dadaist hans arp once said “what arrogance is concealed in perfection? why struggle for purity in position when they can never be attained? the law of chance, which embraces all other laws and is as unfathomable as the depth from which all life arises can only be comprehended by a complete surrender to the unconscious.” and he’s right, some of the very best art i’ve made has been by complete accident. my favorite thing to see when i look at a painting is the blending of paint into forms, no brush stroke is like the one before it, the paint combines into new shades that weren’t there previously, with each smear something new emerges. i love surprising uses of color where you wouldn’t expect them to be, you can imagine the idea springing forth to the artist while they’re painting away on the canvas.. or maybe it was accidental? maybe they put blue where they meant to put green? a mistake? but now that it’s blue, it’s genius!
i’d like to approach more than just art with this way or thinking. it would lead to a lot less disappointment and a lot more excitement. 🪴
markus lüpertz, exekution, 1992, oil on canvas
i’d like to approach more than just art with this way or thinking. it would lead to a lot less disappointment and a lot more excitement. 🪴
markus lüpertz, exekution, 1992, oil on canvas
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🎨Research is the number one deterrent when it comes to making art, because it’s the fastest way to see if what you want to make “has been done before” (that’s in air-quotes because we all know deep down that NOTHING has been done the same way that we’re doing it). Imagine the art that would flow out of you without any sort of “but what will THEY think of it” hang-ups. That’s really what we all want to see, right? We want to see the most surprising, most vulnerable, most specific-to-your-mind-right-now type shit. The more you care about that one person that kinda did something sorta like it one time, the less you’re gonna make anything. You can always research after the fact, if you’re really hung up on it… but at least you will have made something! Making things feels amazing.
Jan 10, 2023
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🎨while this seems counterintuitive it’s something I’ve been trying to adopt this mindset into my practice lately since it presents great opportunities to learn and make Better Art.
as someone who always Wants Perfection with their work (especially with the first go of things), making bad art has been something I’ve made a lot lately because I’ve been learning so many new things (like cyanotype and darkroom printing).
fun fact: I actually have two cyano-totes. The first one has barely seen the light of day because it was a hot mess (aka I def did not rinse it enough). BUT without the first one I would not have made the second one that you guys showed so much love for!!!!!!
*this was also a nice little reflection moment for me because I was very fed up last night in my darkroom class so thanks pi.fyi for making #reflect and remember it’s about progress not perfection*
as someone who always Wants Perfection with their work (especially with the first go of things), making bad art has been something I’ve made a lot lately because I’ve been learning so many new things (like cyanotype and darkroom printing).
fun fact: I actually have two cyano-totes. The first one has barely seen the light of day because it was a hot mess (aka I def did not rinse it enough). BUT without the first one I would not have made the second one that you guys showed so much love for!!!!!!
*this was also a nice little reflection moment for me because I was very fed up last night in my darkroom class so thanks pi.fyi for making #reflect and remember it’s about progress not perfection*
Jul 3, 2024
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