Sunday, October 24, 2010

Shimmer, Christie Lake

This is another 36" square painting. This is the one I began last week and then the wind picked up and I lost my reflections. But I continued to work with it in the studio and am pretty happy with the result. I am reading a book about artist Peter Doig and came to this passage yesterday. It meant a lot to me and I thought I'd share it:
"Mistakes are an essential part of everything I make. Many of the paintings are essentially mistake upon mistake upon mistake. That's how they evolve."
I find that great. And very freeing! Thank you Peter.

9 comments:

JanettMarie said...

Thanks for sharing Kim, wow.

lcr said...

Kim ,this painting is mine if it's for sale. I just absolutely love it. Great work.

Robin said...

This is amazing..I just shared it on my Facebook...Really Great..!

Rachel said...

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! Wow!

Shirley Marshall said...

Yes ! I agree .... It's really lovely.

Kerri Settle said...

I'll have to remember that quote. I love these bigger pieces you're doing - this one especially.

JeMA said...

Kim, this is beautiful. I love the reflections. The drizzles in the water are my favorite!

LindaHunt said...

I have been enjoying your natural tendency toward abstraction. This one is very nice. Thanks for sharing the quote...it relevant and an excellent one. I can certainly relate to it.

Katie said...

I love this: the colors in the waters reflection, the energy, all of it -- just fab.