I created this series in my last year of my art degree. I had just moved away from my home and family for the first time and was feeling the weight of responsibility and anxiety. I had finally stopped doing commission work after four years and found myself pulling away from the type of painting I was used to.
I spent a lot of time and energy to learn technique early on. And when I finally had the chance to go to art school, I felt unprepared to delve into my practice and really think about what I was doing and why. I wasn't very good at answering these questions. I wrote about them in all of my essays, but was never able to make any definitive statements about my practice that were unique to me.
This series was a sort of reset opportunity for me and my practice. I wasn't reflecting on a higher purpose or trying to grow internally. But I really enjoyed the process of these digital color studies. They took as long as I wanted them to, fine-tuning and working on the details for hours sometimes. This was one of my first serious attempts at abstraction. And I discovered that the approach of "process" works very well for me when abstracting a piece.
I look back on this series fondly as a reminder that sometimes, my art is just about the process. And I don't need to place pressure on myself to assign deeper meaning just for the sake of it. That ruins the process.
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