Three New Paintings All About Creative Practice!

Serafina iii 9” x 12” Mixed Media on Paper, Little Gems Series, (c) 2022 Deb Chaney

I was hanging out with a friend and fellow artist a few weeks ago and we were talking about the conundrum that many of us creatives face regularly. That is, the need to rest, self care and take care of basic life stuff - housework, exercise, paperwork, etc - and the desire to execute and bring our big and grand creative ideas to life! Paint those big paintings, creative sculptures, write and record music… Often the former items win out on our time and we end up feeling sad about another day going by and we not getting to our creative dreams..

Perhaps you are curious how I get around this?

What I shared with my friend was a middle ground approach that has been my Little Gems Series for over two decades now (where does time go? !). These small paintings are a quick way for me to get into the studio, play around within given parameters that I give myself, and get my ‘creativity on’ without over doing it.

My friend and i went to the studio after talking about “the conundrum” and we both blissfully painted 3 paintings each within the same parameters we gave ourselves:

1) These paintings were inspired by play and fun

2) We were only ‘allowed’ to use turquoise and burnt orange

3) We decided we’d use a vertical composition.

The above featured painting is one of my three paintings from this little parallel session artist date, the other paintings can be found here on Saatchi Online Gallery.

The featured painting is available for your collection and may be purchased online here:

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Serafina-iii/499285/9100277/view