Richard Diebenkorn apparently aimed for ‘tension under the calm’
He also had a ‘rule’ on his wall that advised himself to ‘tolerate chaos’
In progress. 120cm x 200cm
‘Where am I going’ Oil and mixed media on jute – unstretched size 100cm x 160cm
‘Can you hear the wind’ Diptych 80 x 200cm
‘Winter trees’ 100cm sq
the first 5 stages of work on 3 canvases in my studio this morning
the initial trigger was twofold: Diebenkorn’s notes to himself about how to go about making a painting
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/diebenkorn-ten-rules
and there was a powercut
so I went with ‘tolerate chaos’ and also forced myself to not care about the first appearances of ‘prettiness’ and I didn’t ‘search for a subject’
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