Gallery Visit & Painting...

We had a wonderful opportunity today to visit an art show on SIUE's campus. The show was a compilation of undergraduate students' work. What we saw was really impressive and engaging work. I found that I was drawn mostly to the ceramic pieces, which were vessel forms. I connected to them on a deeper level because of the way they could be viewed, both inside and out. I had an epiphany about this as I wrote my reflection on the walk. I have been feeling lately that I want to know what the baby growing inside of me looks like, and what his world looks like from the inside. There is a curiosity about it and a certain level of excitement and anxiousness to see just what's been cookin' in there for so long. Ok, it may not be that long... but it feels like an eternity, trust me. The pieces I viewed sometimes offered a sneak peak inside (if I stood on my tip toes) but other times were closed by a lid. I had to fight the temptation to remove the cover and look at what was inside. And, I was captivated by a piece that was made up of numerous little vessels suspended from the ceiling upside down. Here I got to see what I was wanting so badly to see in the others.

Upon getting back to the studio, I once again had a desire to work on the watercolor painting that has been in process from the onset of this class. I worked to create the background of the piece. Perhaps this is what I can know for now... what the outside looks like.