Shabs Beigh: How Does A Painting Happen 2

Thinking about how a painting comes together… I just realised that it is an idea that takes shape — starting with an itch, an urge or even just a thought, a stir of some sort. Howard Hues, a famous British abstract artist, would sit for hours looking at say a river bank soaking it all in and then the painting would pour itself out months or years later as an abstract. That is fascinating. Something tangible like a physical beautiful painting is born out of nothing.

It is a Big Bang in a way. The idea has to have some soul in it for it to encourage you to plan a canvas, draw, imagine and plan the colours and shape. And then it has to resonate with someone, somewhere, somehow. No wonder people are fascinated by art, and the thinking that goes behind it. From my perspective, I just follow an impulse that moves me, my mind, my body or hands. I am in the process of planning the works for my next exhibition in Los Angeles.

It has to be something that reflects my nature and the nature around me. So more then likely it will be impressionist landscapes and seascapes, because that is what moves me. The nature of water moves me; The sound of a stream flowing gently, The reflection of trees in water stirred by the wind, The sound of the force of nature crashing against a rugged rocky coast. I just love it.

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