mary-masked

Bubbles and Beads

Published: February 22nd 2022, 8:00:24 pm

I've been terrible about writing...pretty much anything these days. But I've been making a LOT of abstract art. So I'm just going to be posting groups of those, probably without much comment.

I started posting abstracts in November. They were things I'd made just messing around because I missed the chaos, texture, and unpredictability of traditional art materials. I love my ipad SO MUCH but it allows for such perfectionism that it was taking me forever to finish anything. So, trying to keep up with regularly posting on instagram, I posted some experiments, because I thought they looked cool.

Then something weird happened. People really liked them! I enjoyed making them so I kept doing it and people kept responding to them. More than they had to most of my art.

I don't really understand it, to be honest. I still feel like I'm tricking people somehow by calling these pieces art. I've always thought art should require more work and intention than "looking cool." The thought process of making them hasn't been "How will I express this feeling or concept?" It's mostly been "What if I tried this?"

But even my husband keeps saying that these pieces are amazing and somehow undeniably *me* so I guess I must be doing something right. And I can't seem to stop thinking of new things to try. So here we are.