by Julia Rymer | Oct 12, 2019 | Creative Process, Creativity, Inspiration, Painting, Projects
Tomorrow afternoon, I conclude my residency at Createspace Wales, and head back to Cardigan for a night before going to London the next day. I get a few days in London with my husband, before the whole adventure is over.It feels like I just got here, and that I could...
by Julia Rymer | Oct 9, 2019 | Color Theory, Creative Process, Creativity, Inspiration, Painting, Projects, Uncategorized
I hiked back up to Mwnt today, this time with the intention to paint there. I wanted to attempt to capture the colors; also, it is a strange and beautiful place. It holds deep history, and you can feel it. The church here has stood for centuries, and the rocks show...
by Julia Rymer | Oct 6, 2019 | Creative Process, Creativity, Inspiration, Painting, Projects
Before I came, I assumed that I would just plop down into another studio an ocean and half a land mass away, and just make the same work I always do.But that is not what happened.Truthfully, I should not have expected myself to just plug back into the series I am...
by Julia Rymer | Oct 6, 2019 | Creative Process, Creativity, Inspiration, Painting
I swear this isn’t some sort of walking holiday, or that I am re-enacting Wild but in West Wales instead of the Pacific Crest Trail. I will admit that there are similarities. A woman alone, hiking along an official national trail of significance. But...
by Julia Rymer | Aug 27, 2019 | Creative Process, Creativity, Inspiration, Painting
At its core, art is about leaving a mark. This ranges from the conceptual work that leaves a thought in a viewer’s mind, to a three-dimensional sculpture carving out space, to the ubiquitous gestural mark in painting and drawing. The last is the mark that most...
by Julia Rymer | Aug 27, 2019 | Creative Process, Creativity, Inspiration, Painting, Projects
Painting is slow. It requires time, and attention, and engagement. Painting is without algorithm or artificial intelligence; rather, it is the most human of intelligence. It is the oldest intelligence, begat from the hands of ancient peoples, tens of thousands of...
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