Self- Portrait, 1st May 2009
Exploration, Self- Portrait, 1st May 2009
Present: Nigel, Penny, Colin, Paul, Joanna and Sue Sargeaunt.
Nickova was at a funeral.
The group met, but as Nickova and I had agreed, without staff.
I suggested to the group that we paint with nothing in our heads that they try to think of nothing in particular. I put some instrumental music on and everyone explored the paint and materials, initially on sheets of cartridge paper. I had set the room up and mixed the paint earlier. I asked if the group would agree for me to wet some of the paper to encourage fluidity of paint. All agree and people were amazingly relaxed as time went on.
It was liberating for everyone and peaceful. After a while I suggested that people could paint on the large canvas, which was propped against the wall. Most people were able to paint freely on the large canvas. The atmosphere was playful, light-hearted and joyful. I took some photos.
Colin was the only one who didn’t want to paint on the large canvas. He continued his painting on cartridge paper.
