I started this project in May/June of 2007 as a means to study how automatism and my process strategies were actually working or not working. I can never remember what happened during a studio sesssion. So I deliberately sat down at the end of a paintng sesssion and wrote out my idea notes and remeberances as best I could remmember them at the moment. To wait until the next day, I would forget nuances of emotion or technical useage.

As I continue to study these pages and images, I am pleased as well as convinced that my set of automatist strategies and processes are working. I am travelling places while I work that I don't think I would have ventured if not for relying on automatism to operate as a major influence behind my working process. In the past I would use automatism to offer an idea for further work on a painting, but I would intellectually and consciously dismiss the idea as not workable. Why? Laziness some of the time becasue the new first solution move/idea might require some long moments of preparation. I would dismiss the idea as not being true to automatist doctorine. Then procrastination would set in and no work on the painting would take place. I suffered from this procedure for many, many years. I have no solid answer as to why I would allow this to go on for so long a time period. Also procrastinatin itself would eat at my mind and I would fall into the vat of indicision which usually left me angry and unable to continue working on the painting.

I offer these four new paintings for your study and enjoyment. Comments are welcome as I can use all the help I can get.

Click on the links below to view each set of paintigs. Each page will load in a new window.

painting 1
painting 2
painting 3
painting 4

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