April
6 - 27, 2019
Alice
Burton "The Pleasure Principle"
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new landscape and figurative paintings
Many artists marvel at the feeling
they get upon regarding their own work, that some
spirit came and made it when they weren't
watching. Such a pleasurable sensation, putting
all conscious thinking aside, just losing oneself
in layering colours, creating texture, drawing
lines dictated by the soul, then standing back,
regarding. How did it happen? Is the act all the
same, placing notes or words in succession,
feeling clay under your hands, or the resistance
of materials? A marvel. A joy experienced by the
creator. We must not be overcome by
frustration or disappointment in the object's
production. It is the act that is so pleasurably
profound.
In this series of
works I have concentrated on manifestations of
beauty and joy in my daily experiences. Please
share.
Alice Burton 2019
Above: Alice in Her Studio, 2019
