It has been ages hasn't it? Last we spoke and wrote it was back in 2010, shame on us! The year of 2011 has been a busy one. Our new year started off with an adventure out to Edmonton to see family and friends. Our return was welcomed by busy work schedules and job hunting and just when everything became calm, our computer went on the fritz and died. That was long ago now, but we still have not fixed our computer, which has really hindered us in making blog posts and updating our Facebook page.
So we were lucky enough to get a laptop loaned to us, and funny enough, the day I was going to do a blog post the laptop became infected with 31 viruses.....*sigh* You may have noticed this all play out on our Facebook page or Twitter. ONCE AGAIN! We are back! The laptop it healthy again! Woot!
Even though we have not been the most active on your Community pages, you can bet your bottom dollar that it has been pretty hectic in our studio.
Last night was particularly productive, with the R-Unit finishing a painting and immediately starting a new one, which is looking good already!
The mood was just right for a painting night, with some good comedy on the tele and as always good company. But one thing that made things all fall together was Richard's decision to reel in his over-active brain and let his paintings happen. He feels that his best works are things he doesn't plan too hard, if at all. Often he will start from a line or a shape, or a very vague idea and just dive right in. With that, he also decided to stop trying to be so creative, and play a bit with his "old school" or normal style. Dark, moody, abstract and surreal imagery with a touch of lightheartedness and sometimes even comedy. This is where he enjoys to play most of all. And that brings us to a point that we discussed late in the evening.
Sometimes we as artists, crafters and designers feel that we need to be creative. Now that may sound silly, as we are creative, it's the nature of what we do. However, we can spend time thinking about a new project, trying to come up with new ideas, trying to find new subjects, to push the proverbial envelope, and we can find ourselves getting nowhere, the dreaded artist's block (similar to it's writing cousin). Yet we all have a particular style or technique that we enjoy doing, and often comes out in our work anyway. Sometimes, in a way, being less creative can be better. You can perfect a technique or an execution, elaborate on a previous subject, and you may find that your work from this point is actually more satisfying than what you were trying to "create" or think up.
At least that's what we discovered for ourselves last night. Doesn't hurt to try!
And here's the finished product from the Moto's paint session last night: The Last Flower in the Valley (Just for you)
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