Left: Encounter (Brim) Right: Encounter (Genesis), Acrylic, oil, and latex paint on canvas, 2022
I am exploring painting as an exercise. I meditate on the exercise of walking through a gallery space. When it’s your 5th gallery of the week, the 35th painting you see today. As you pass by, you will walk fast. I will not ask you to stop. Keep walking. But what did you see as you floated by for 4 seconds?
When you walked in, you built expectations of what it was. Did that push you to walk closer or move away? Either way, once you get closer, intentionally or by following the crowd, Will it be regret or appreciation, or will you just be intrigued to stop? You don’t have to stop. There is no time. Keep walking.
Do you want to touch the painting? At this point, you won’t be that pushed to do it as you’ve felt the need to do it 10 times already last month in the 57 galleries you’ve visited and were either told not to or got shocked by a noisy, obnoxious sound alarm. If you don’t understand, you might feel like you wasted too much time reading this.
I told you before, but you don’t listen. Don’t stop. Keep walking.