More Happy Accidents

The past few weeks have been fraught with challenges both resulting in success and failure.

I know I have said before that the online website is getting closer, but this time I really mean it. I am doing the run through again to ensure no glitches - then off we go... finally! It will be a big relief if everything is fine, because then I can present another platform to the wonderful creative artwork out there.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to focus completely on finishing due to some other unforeseeable circumstances that required priority. That is an interesting fact - that you may be all set to focus in one direction and then you head in another.

I was thinking a little about that fact as I was taking some brief downtime. Often, I will start a painting with a firm idea in my head - I may even have an inspiration piece in front (it may be of a particular style I am trying to emulate) - but, the end result does not follow the way it should. That is why my best pieces, are those that paint themselves. I work with the accidents that happen and take delight in them. I listen to how the painting should form, rather than how I want it to form.

With the painting below, I had recently started doing two things.
1. I was painting with a smooth ARCHES paper and
2. I was painting on my old drawing board which I had angled as if I was going to draft.
This combination of course immediately made my painting start running - but guess what? This 'accidental running' created an immediate sense of movement. How I was going to paint the horse and jockey then became an obvious progression of steps.

I will say though, it was frustrating to have my tissue box and palettes keep sliding down the angled drawing board. But, once again, I compromised with some resting spots nearby and solved this problem too.

Sometimes, other creative pieces can be happy accidents. Take the lovely mosaic pot below for instance - it has achieved beauty through the placement of found objects. Yes, some thought needed to go into exactly where the pieces were placed to avoid perhaps a jarring clash of colours or texture. As well as this, there was obviously some thought in creating contrast, blue against yellow, pink against green; however, most of the pieces were more randomly placed with no clear pattern or thought in the mix. In other words, it really created itself and doesn't the end result look beautiful!

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I think it is very important for an artist to listen to their own creative insight when they create their work. I believe that once they have learnt the basic techniques, they need to truly trust themselves with how they will use those techniques to create their work.

Lastly, I am going to include two photographs I have recently discovered on Facebook.

The first one I think is probably the result of a happy accident. One old discarded teapot, that was perhaps too pretty to throw out which led to an alternative pot plant container of sorts. It worked well and looked good, thus leading to a collection of strung, teapot pot plants. The end result is not only creatively quaint but also appealing installation art.

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The second photograph is obviously planned work, but the original concept is not. We have all accidentally unwound a roll of toilet paper and watch it drape over the space in its' way - perhaps, one has even rolled down the stairs in its' progression. It looks classy, yet it is cheap throw away toilet paper that we dispose of  without thought.

This artist has taken this concept and planned their work to illustrate an elegance and a class. In doing so, the humble toilet paper has created something that wouldn't look out of place as a setting for a high- end wedding.

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Kreative Kisses,
Donagh