Tuesday, June 18, 2013

spectators

A Gathering of Spectators, 22 x 22, acrylic on paper
In some ways, I am a spectator. I look, study, watch and seek to understand. Then I think, think, think. And then, I express. It comes pouring out in my paintings.

Lately, I've been paying attention to how people gather. In this painting, it seems to me that just as these three spectators are watching me, I watch them, too. So, the gathering is really not just about them, it is about the viewers of the painting, too.  Them. Us. Back and forth. Watching. And gathering.

Probably because this notion disturbs me, this song comes to my mind. The Undisputed Truth. "Smiling Faces Sometimes."




6 comments:

Sergio DS said...

You think, think, think, you express, and then I enjoy.

Thanks.

Katherine van Schoonhoven said...

Thanks for looking and replying, Sergio!

Nancy Van Blaricom said...

I love this series of work you've been sharing lately.

Very revealing I think.....

Roxanne Clingman said...

Your new series is very powerful as well as beautiful, Katherine.

Katherine van Schoonhoven said...

Thank you, Nancy. It's good to know that what I've been thinking about is coming through in the work.

Katherine van Schoonhoven said...

Thank you, Roxanne. When stripped away from my notions of what my work SHOULD look like, I find that I can just let it be what it is meant to be. If powerful and beautiful, I can live with that!