Somehow the more I paint the less I seem to know about painting. I love to simply move paint around. It’s a place to process, to think, to contemplate and happily pass time. The more I enjoy painting the better the painting. That’s it! I briefly flirted with the idea of teaching art but I would be useless because that would be my only lesson on repeat. Just enjoy it! My themes are generally inspired by the wild and as long as spend a good proportion of every week painting I’m a happy bunny – life a party with paint and nature.
However, the last couple of months I’ve been more a rabbit caught in the headlights of bright, shiny, sunny, fabulous Edinburgh in May rushing towards me at high speed bringing an exhibition date closer and closer. Instead of a happy bunny, I’ve been a little fearful rabbit coming up with excuses for not doing it! Dah! Someone shoot that rabbit!
I won’t bore you with my raft of excuses but I think the hermit side to my character has got so used to being here in my little bit of paradise since covid, that the party girl has fallen asleep, more a coma, for what feels like a hundred years, a forgotten character in a Grimm fairy tale.
An art exhibition is basically a party. An arty party! A long overdue chance to see people and hopefully create a bit of space in the studio. However, from an art perspective one of the best reasons for having an exhibition is to get eyes on work. Seeing things through other peoples eyes is enormously helpful!
Spring is springing with snow drops galore in the garden, rescued from the old music school where I worked when it was being demolished. They feel like a reminder of Edinburgh and a call to start organising a fab party in central Edinburgh. To buy some clothes that aren’t covered in paint and look forward to hugging old friends and making some new ones.
I spent all day in the studio yesterday thoroughly enjoying myself, not caring whether my art was good bad or indifferent, but just getting really excited about seeing people. It felt great!
I hope you can come?
The exhibition is called Wild!
Love Kirsten
