Writing blog posts
I’ve decided to try and write a little more about my work, as an insight to the creative process, the ideas and concepts behind what I paint.
It means so much for people to support and be interested in what I do. When you make art and sell your work you’re sharing your way of seeing the world with someone else and drawing them in, and they’re adding little bit of their way of seeing the world in how they view your work.
It’s such a lovely thing to be able to do, to have that connection through colour and marks and texture. It’s paint isn’t it, and it’s just magical that it can open up worlds.
I’m not so great at writing, my head goes too fast for my hand, and I definitely can’t type fast enough!
I also know that my mind is not exactly ‘process driven’. My husband will quite often say to me ‘would you like to finish one of those sentences Rach?’! When I plan, it’s drawings, or lists that turn into spider diagrams. I accept that I don’t have a logical computer brain, and I like to talk freely and emotively about my work.
I recently had the most lovely studio visit. A lady who has a few of my pieces came to buy a big painting for a nice big space.
We talked a lot! About how I capture emotions, conscious and unconscious thought processes, drawing, motherhood, nature, colour, the feeling of ‘home’…
A flowing conversation opened up so many different ways of seeing the work, and she felt like she had a really deep connection with it.
I wondered how I might capture that flow in ‘blog’ form. I’ve been using the dictaphone on my phone, its hilarious! It’s been struggling with my Bedfordshire accent and the stream of consciousness has been amusing.
BUT, it is getting things down in writing which I can then translate and put on here for anyone who would like some insight.
So, give me a shout if there’s anything you’d like to know more about. I’ll try and stay on topic!
Very loose sketches in the studio