How it all begins.
September 5, 2008
It’s always been interesting to me that the most frequently asked question about my art is “How long did it take you to do that?”. This seems like such a mundane question to ask when there are so many interesting questions that could be asked. Fnally I figured out that it was just a way for people to start a conversation that was really about “How“ not “How long”.
I spend a lot of time on preliminary work before a painting ever gets underway. I need to have everything figured out. Below are two collages of thumbnail sketches. This is how the paintings start. My husband loves this stage and at his urging I have keep and cataloged all the sketches and drawings that I do for the finshed pieces. I love them.
Some of the fullsized working drawings get framed and sold because they are so dynamic, and sometimes also incredbly messy. But somehow the messiness just adds to these drawings because it reflects the hard work that artists go through to create a highquality finished piece of art.
Dogshow Thumbnail Collages
“The Springfield Shows”, 2006 
