Painting Workshop

Here are some pieces that I started in Painting workshop in preparation for Senior Seminar. Both are in progress

I had a hard time with this painting, it was not doing what I wanted it to, and the color relationships were not working for a while. I know what I want to do with it now, since I've been staring at it for weeks, so now I just need to do it!

I did this small painting as a result of frustration with the first painting and I like the limited color palette more, I think it aids my goal much better than using every single color under the sun. I plan to continue in this way for the next few paintings.

My theme for this class is painting experiences through the use of color and shape. I take a lot of inspiration from Joan Mitchell and Cecily Brown. I started this semester thinking my whole series was going to be about the relationships of color within gardens, and places I've been. I realized recently that the places I picture in my mind are important because of an experience I had there, so I'm focusing more on the feeling and using the environment as my color inspiration.