Spring has sprung and there is growth in nature. The studio work is evolving…I have had the yearning to move my art to another level but somehow the content is not where I am wanting the movement to occur, rather the paint itself. I am finding a new curiosity in the application of paint to the surface. It is a test of pushing the paint with the constant thinning and thickening layers on the surface yet retaining my content. Residue layers keep evolving as the paint is layered and then quickly broken down and removed with different tools to leave basically an imprint of paint on the surface. Each layer one by one destroys and then homogenates into what seems a cohesive statement. Working on board and canvas takes this process to differing levels simply by the traction of each surface. I am enjoying the process and the outcome it seems; at least to me,is the growth the Spring and late winter have had on my work this year. Here are two of the latest pieces, they both began with very textural under paintings, they evolved into paintings that have hues that are interesting to me because they are made from the residue of every layer, rendering the painting with relatively indefinable colors yet deeply related colors that coexist nicely. At completion of this process I coat at least 3 coats of varnish over the entire surface after fully dry, in order to keep the integrity of the surface strong.
Concrete Skies 60 x 48 Cathy Hegman
Weight of Balance Truce 40 x 30 by Cathy Hegman
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Take care,
Cathy Hegman
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Thank you for sharing this beautiful painting and explaining your technique. I’ll be staring at it for a while as I try to improve on my own work. x
Amazing art work … warm regards Karen
Your thoughts are inspiring indeed. Thank you for sharing your inner self. The solitude we artists live in always welcomes this deeply honest conversation.
It is so wonderful to have you comment, thank you it validates my work to know others share my feelings.
Surface and content must reflect each other. Where content is deep and surface shallow, dissonance in the final product wastes and undermines the impact. You are, as ever, a deeply soulful, thoughtful painter. ♥
As an artist I really appreciate the depth of your thought processes & work processes that you share with us. I love your paintings. Thank you.
Thank you Janet and thank you for reading my blog! I am thrilled you liked it!
Cathy
oh, sadness. saw the write up but not the paintings on the iPad. Went to the laptop. Still not. Would love to see the images.
Hmm that is the first time that has happened…WordPress must have a glitch. Try to look agsin and see if it will show up! Thank you
Cathy
I wrote a comment some days ago some other place on your blog. – I also like your new paintings set up right here. I Wonder: What is really your attitude to paint/represent or not paint faces with recognicable eyes, nose, mouth and so on. Is it so, that faces Draw the attention too much, and dominate the picture totally – sorry I think its my opinion.
Thank you Erik! I enjoy hearing your opinion! I most often will paint the figure as an integral part of the whole painting for me,it is a shape that with the other shapes makes up the whole design. I do not find the need to give the features that might give the figure too much specificity. Often I paint the figure with some features but almost never with all of them. I find leaving out the parts that are not integral to the concept of the piece only gives the painting a deeper interest. I hope this helps to clarify my intent.
Thank you for the comment!
Cathy
Cathy, I left a comment somewhere in the middle of all this beauty and wisdom. Maybe you will find it. I told you a little bit of my time line and about just how much that I am moved by your soulful work. I wanted to leave you a couple of sites to look up when you get a chance. This is my oldest daughter and her husband who live in the Nashville area. She does music videos and he designs and makes custom jewelry. RobinGeary.com and TGeary.com. I think you will enjoy these. This is the long, lost daughter that I told you about years ago who I did not see from her second to her nineteenth years…she ended up with me outside of Knoxville, where she met her husband and ever since, we’ve been very close…like we were never lived apart. When my wife was pregnant with my youngest daughter Robin was pregnant with my grandson. They are all artistic in their own ways…somehow I have always surrounded myself with artist.
Again, your work is the best, the most moving and touching that I have seen in many years. I am so glad that I found your site and can now enjoy your blog and your work.
your old friend,
“Stringer”