Painting ..painting

Spent much time in studio painting small pieces of the canadian prairies, still lifes, gradens and puttering with acrylics. Then had this urge to go on to large pieces again. There is something physical and emotional in the challenge of a large painting aside from the brushstoke.There is this presence in the unknown, there before you asking to be born that you are witnessing. ..bold and fascinating..
I had this large canvas onto which I had roughly sketched and it had remained stacked away for quite sometime. I pulled it out and turned it upside down to abstact the subject and go on to something new. I like doing this for it involves moving to new possibilities using part of the existing proposition already on the canvas... a letting go , to see with the mind's eye what is there to be revealed.a step by step into the unknown, trust into the guidance of the inspiration. this is a great feeling, a state of grace. Time of bliss and wonder..in the stillness of the now...time that belongs to eternity . A stepping into the mirror before you into the innerself. Pure magic, soul sustaining.
The painting is in progress. You can see a glimpse of this taking place on youtube http://youtu.be/53_QJUAro5w
hummm... love the smell of oil that lingers on in my studio..