Chalk art and keeping things fresh

 

 

 

 

 

I'm done with all the new work for my March show and the last thing I want to do is paint.  So I decided to try my hand at chalkboard art.  I painted one wall in my apartment with chalk board paint from Lowes and some chalk.  I have never done any real chalk art, but once I started I fell in love.  I can't explain it other than the experience is the most meditative, mind clearing thing I have ever done.  I start with an idea and I can't stop until the piece is down.  I figure the idea that whatever I do isn't permanent helps with this calming effect, since it doesn't have to be perfect and will be erased in a week or so.  Plus on rainy weekend day I can still do art and not have to go to my studio, so double win.

 

 

 

One time, during a potential reconciliation discussion with an ex-girlfriend, she brought up penguin love.  Essentially a penguin finds his/her mate and then they are together for the rest of their lives.  I'm not a big penguin fan, but I do like the idea.  Though we didn't get back together (mistake on my part), I drew these two birds to remember that moment, as I assume not just penguins experience this (in my amateur ornithologist opinion) within the bird kingdom.

 

So while I re-charge my painting battery, I will continue to explore all that chalk has to offer me and my wall.  I'm not sure how the two are to be used together, or if they even can be, but I am sure there is something to be learned form this experience that I can use later on down the road.  At the very least it will keep me fresh in mind and left hand when the time to start painting is upon me.