{"id":4848,"date":"2015-03-15T17:03:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T21:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=4848"},"modified":"2015-03-15T17:03:13","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T21:03:13","slug":"in-the-studio-31515","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/in-the-studio-31515\/","title":{"rendered":"In the studio 3\/15\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"

I worked all day yesterday and today on The News<\/em>. According to my studio journal, today’s painting session was the thirteenth.  I’m almost finished<\/em>. People who know me laugh whenever I say a painting is almost finished<\/em>. Some paintings have been almost finished<\/em> for months. But if the drawing is good and there are no accidents, I can finish a large painting like The News<\/em> (The News<\/em> is 44″ x 60″) in 12-16 sessions. So The News<\/em> is about par for me.<\/p>\n

People visiting my studio (I don’t let visitors in very often) are baffled when I say this or that painting is unfinished; they look finished to them. But I see them in my mind’s eye and until I satisfy that, I am propelled on and on.<\/p>\n

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The unfinished ‘The News’ on the easel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I used to be fast–very fast. Early in my career a painting never took more than a day or two. Sometimes I’d finish several paintings in a single day!  I was proud about my speed too, “If a painting takes more than a day, it fails–it’s not fresh,” I’d say. Or, “Spontaneity and directness are all that matters,” and other hogwash along these lines. I admit it’s hard to carry a painting over a long campaign; much can go wrong. But if the vision is true, it can carry you as far as necessary–no matter how long. Plus, I notice that painters who focus on the spontaneous tend to paint the same thing over and over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I worked all day yesterday and today on The News. According to my studio journal, today’s painting session was the thirteenth.  I’m almost finished. People who know me laugh whenever I say a painting is almost finished. Some paintings have been almost finished for months. 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