The Interest in Shapes;
In respect to honoring a sort of an appropriated approach to both, Rothko and Mondrian; I started with the basic idea in creating a rich indepth background base, while at the same time wanting to do so in a respectful and coherent way.
As for wanting to morph Mondrian’s and Rothko’s artistic essence into a personal appropriation of them flashes of ideas rushed into my thoughts. At that moment the sun suddenly shadowed a beautiful crossing pattern of a “natural Mondrian” onto my canvas. I quickly began to draw the shapes lightly with a gray color pencil and continued so until satisfied with the result as I carried on toward making progress spontaneous and fast. I like how the paintings interact with me. I grasp the intense energy of Rothko and Mondrian so that I want to create the same emotions with my paintings as well. Because of that I felt to interact.
I enjoy each process, with an intake of appreciation to take each with a different sensitivity in any decision. The closer I get to completion, the more tedious the details get; it’s a tussle at times but those are important in a careful approach.
As I thought about what has served me well are things I’ve heard from people who run galleries as well as art historians whose advices I had sought; they would say "don’t be afraid to make mistakes", "art is not supposed to be perfect" advices which I partially consider with some balance. As to myself, my mantra is to never cheat the art while making it, to always finish no matter what.
