People often wander in during First Friday (before covid) and ask where do my ideas come from? It’s easier to point out specific connections when people come in. Most of my ideas come from looking at art, from my own work, from observations of nature. In this one below, this started as a large non-objective ink drawing, just random marks (although one could argue this point) in india ink on a large page. Then I would crop and review the page, looking for any areas that seem to suggest something larger-like a bit of landscape. Two points to consider here- this process takes practice. And what I would see in a bunch of shapes and lines is likely not what you would see. In many ways this process relies on my experience as a artist, my training and perception. This manner is much like psychic automatism, a Surrealist method for creating imagery not based on observation, but seen by the artist in something else, like when you see animals in cloud formations.
