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October 25, 2004
studio fug
Sitting in a café in Bradford, the paintings come thick and fast, I feel the potential, the creative buzz. YES! I can do it, I can do it all, and I will, by god!
But arriving in the studio on a damp Monday morning a fug descends. The creative potential seeps away like so much sand through the desiccated fingers of a weary traveller throwing themselves onto the dusty mirage of an oasis.
When it isn’t possible to paint [in a café in Bradford, on the train back from London] the ideas and motivation abound in buckets. But in the studio, where, clearly, painting is entirely possible, the motivation is difficult to stir.
This is one reason I paint from life. With a model coming in at 10.00am, there is an understandable need for me to do some work. If I painted still life, I could NOT paint still life for days on end.
But why, when I have what is commonly considered an excellent creative environment to work in, do I struggle?
answers in the comments box please…
Posted by john at October 25, 2004 05:56 PM
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