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| Spring 2013 issue of Art Journaling magazine |
About 11 years ago I began exploring visual art as a form of
personal expression. My lifelong journal, which had been purely written
text up to that point, gradually made a transition to incorporate more visual
aspects along with the writing. When I began experimenting with collage,
my journal pages included some collage elements – photos, torn papers and
ephemera from my life. When I started making abstract paintings, I
splashed my journal pages with watercolor, acrylics and ink in the same manner.
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| A page from my journal |
Now that I’m sketching, my journal has made another
transition. I still include collage elements in the form of photos and
ephemera, and I sketch in it now and then, especially if I happen to be writing
in my journal in a coffee shop, or traveling. But for the most part, I keep my
sketches in a separate sketchbook, for two reasons: I want to share the sketches
freely without feeling self-conscious about writing that I consider private;
and the paper I like to sketch on is different from the paper I like to write
on.
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| A page from my journal |
Every now and then I get in the mood to splash abstract
shapes and colors on the page, and my journal is still good for that. But the
more I explore the world by sketching on location, the less need I have for
abstract expression which, I think, is more internally focused. As it should,
my journal continues to grow and change as I do.
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| A journal cover |
The Spring 2013 issue of Art
Journaling magazine features an article about my abstract art journaling
style and includes images of pages from one of my journals. Shown here are some
journal pages incorporating collage, painting and writing.
I'll have to look for this article! Did a few snow flurries actually keep you indoors below? lol Look what you would have missed. I can't wait for it to be warm enough to see more than one freak blossom poking out of our cold earth back here. Nice sketch.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm a total wimp when it comes to driving in snow...! :-0 Fortunately, the temp rose quickly, and it all melted away by noon. That's why I live here and not there! :-)
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