Painting Project!

I am delighted I got into Painting. All the stress and nervousness I felt beforehand was uncalled for. We have started a project that deals with materials and artistic processes. I am really excited to do it. It will allow for some experimentation and I am hoping I can finally focus on something besides concept or narrative. I find that sometimes too much emphasis is placed on this and craft is left out in the cold. I have collected a group of photographs to work from and use as a springboard for ideas. I would of usually waited until the weekend to do this at home. It is there that I believe I would find more exciting imagery. However, since I only had a few days to do this I decided to take a walk around Grove Island to see what I could find. I took a lot of photographs of the rugged bark of trees and the slimy banks of the adjacent canal. I cannot wait to see how these will translate into paint. Here are some samples: