Often in our painting we end up having many elements in the foreground that sit on top of a background. However, sometimes, if we can bring the background back on top of the foreground it can provide visual relief. This is called spaciousness and more often than not, it improves the painting.
Sometimes creating a feeling of less gives us more.
How do you bring spaciousness into your work?
In gratitude, Nicholas
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Nicholas Wilton
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GREAT! very interesting description of what many of us feel in front of our easels. Thank you!
Fascinating discussion and definitely something I grapple with. BTW, just saw one of your artworks at Art Fair New York. A stunner in person.
Such a leap of faith to let the intuitive side take over. It’s scarey, but now that I’ve experienced it more, it’s made making art way more fun and interesting. I really look forward to it now.
My art background is mostly in photography and ceramics. I’ve been painting abstract acrylics about 9 months. I trust my sense of color pretty well, but I don’t have a great store of experience with brush marks and the many things that go into painting. I understand working intuitively — I was a psychologist — but I just don’t have a lot of experience to draw from in letting go. I look forward to some years from now when more experience will have built up a store of ‘stuff’ inside me to work with.