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Straightforward

The following passage hit my funny bone:

While trekking to galleries,
I’d noticed that art devotees
spoke like they were trapped
in dictionaries and being forced
to chew their way out.
—Bianca Bosker, Get the Picture

Hoping to avoid such tortured artspeak, here’s what I have to say about the final artplay from my recent vacation.

In February I made a quick foray into my journal to lay some browns/neutrals on a page. To what purpose? Don’t remember.

Bumped into that page on vacation, added neurographic lines, a few paint marker scribbles, and hints of blue.

mucking about in my art journal
8 x 8″; acrylic, ink, watercolor, and pastel pencil on paper
2024
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6 responses to “Straightforward”

  1. Joyful Puttering Avatar
    Joyful Puttering

    Something old…something new…and something blue! Pretty straightforward!

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      Dotty Seiter

      Couldn’t have said it better myself (and I didn’t!!). Thanks, MaryAnn!

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    Simone

    Yes, let’s keep making art as light and cheerful as possible ;-)!

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      Dotty Seiter

      Simone, yes to light and cheerful!

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    imajenationgmailcom

    Ha! What a great quote! I have a visual of people chomping on words in galleries…

    This piece!!!! Those neutrals and the hard edge of lines are so satisfying and also make me want to launch a dictionary of juicy descriptive words for OH. It’s sooooooooooo goooooooood. Yum.

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      Dotty Seiter

      Your art vocab is nonpareil, Lola! And I’m tickled by your feeling so satisfied by the neutrals and the hard edge of lines—I get very pulled to neutrals periodically, and neurographic drawing is VERY satisfying and soothing, I gotta say.

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In 2014, I grab an unexpected opportunity to paint.

To make art.

I get hooked.

In 2015 I start a blog—a diary of my life as an artist.

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My compass points: bust through fear, be playful, get messy, trust my gut.

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