I’ve moved my studio into my garage. I guess I’m a garage painter for the foreseeable future. The pros are it’s clean, it’s available, and since I began my careening career working in a garage many years ago, to quote Yogi Berra, it’s like deja-vu all over again. There are no cons worth mentioning. Frankly, I’d paint in Grandpa’s shed if it came right down to it, and probably have.
In my last blog in January I argued that storytelling is a fundamental part of the human design and an essential ingredient to image makers such as myself.
What I would like to add to that is this: one of the powerful forces in my life, and a driving energy in my work, is what I’d like to call the humility of mystery. What do I mean when I say that? I believe a rich vein of unknowable and mysterious forces have shaped and guided me, and these forces have informed my intellectual curiosity, and have consistently tried to express themselves through me. I found a good tool and friend in paint to do so.
This is not a metaphor for where we find ourselves today, or maybe it is, either way,
More next time
Nicholas Emery
April 13th, 2020
involuntary paradox, 23” x 17”, acrylic, pencil, and oil pastel on canvas, 2020. By Nicholas Emery
white wolf, 24” x 17”, acrylic, pencil, and oil pastel on canvas, 2020. By Nicholas Emery. NFS.
sojourner, 21.5” x 21.5”, acrylic and pencil on canvas, 2020. By Nicholas Emery
caging the bat, 20” x 20”, acrylic and pencil on canvas, 2020. By Nicholas Emery