With over 30 figures in its 44″ x 60″ space, Picnic wants to careen into confusion. Which I do not want, so we argue. The central figure, by turning her back to us, adds her voice to the argument. That’s alright. I’m not off-put by rambunctious offspring and I am patient.
I’ve always been suspicious of accidents, accidents of light and texture. But one man’s accident is another man’s defining detail. Picnic has a lot of accidents of light, sometimes revealing objects. other times hiding them. It’s fun to paint.