My painting style is really tight and picky and perfectionistic. Although I love painting, I was starting to question whether or not I actually found it enjoyable.. or if it just appealed to my
self-torturing Virgo side. So I've begun an experiment, and its FUN!
It turns out that I do like painting!! This experiment involves busting out a fast, loose piece when I get to my studio. And using the pallette knife a lot to mess up the image, which I LOVE. Since I have a big pile of discarded Lp's laying around (I collect them from the recycle pile at
Rainy Day Records and usually cut them up as backing for my letterpress prints), those became the source materiel. No masking, no thinking, just painting. Here are some pieces from a little series I've started calling
Ladies of The Dollar Bin:

Tammy Wynette,
Greatest Hits
Nancy Wilson,
A Touch of Today
Donna Fargo,
The Happiest Girl in The WorldFun fun fun.
3 comments:
These are great!
I have a Tammy Wynette tribute blog over at Tumblr - I can I post your Tammy Wynette painting there? I'd gladly link back to your site and give you full credit of course! I think Tammy fans would love it!!!
Sarah, these singer tributes are so awesome! Great color! And there's a great a sense of action and sound.
These paintings are so good......
You are really a great artist........:)
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