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Eight years. That's a long view of your own work right there in front of you. The first pieces always carry something we can't get back once we level up, this rawness that just is what it is. I still have my earliest landscapes hanging in the basement, the ones where I couldn't meter light to save my life. What stands out to you now when you look at these three together?
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Thanks Malcolm! I agree with what you said about early pieces. It's like they carry a type of freedom I could never have again. Back then, I painted what I like. Now I paint what I feel -which isn't always fun! But looking back at these 3 paintings, I realize how simple and fearless my approach was. Maybe it's time to channel a bit of that freedom into my work again.
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The middle one pulls me in hardest. That's where the light decision felt most committed. I spent years assuming detail was the same as depth, so I get how tempting it is to keep adding. You stopped before that happened here.
Thank you Tavares! "Detail vs. depth" is such a great way to put it. Stopping before overworking a piece is definitely a fine line, so I appreciate your perspective on that middle one!