Found object, trash, thread, and acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in
White Trash #1
Found object, trash, thread, and acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in
Category: Expressive art
Found object, trash, thread, and acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in
Triangle Lines and Sunlit Patches (2020)
Acrylic on canvas
51.5 x 40.5 cm
It’s Okay to Look (2020)
Acrylic on canvas
51.5 x 40.5 cm
Autumn / Winter Light (2020)
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 50 cm
Locus of Evaluation Part 1
Perhaps the most fundamental condition of creativity is that the source or locus of evaluative judgement is internal.
Carl Rogers (1998)
When I was thirteen my art teacher told me I wasn’t good enough to do art at ‘O’ Level and I believed him. Perhaps what he actually meant was, “you enjoy making art too much. You don’t take it seriously.” I used to sing and make noises and talk during my mark making. I once drew a still life that had the words, “ahhh, shit!” in it (I drew what I saw). Perhaps he disliked my enthusiasm because he’d lost his own. I didn’t take art seriously. It was fun. Until he told me I wasn’t good enough. I stopped making art and began journalling instead.
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