I Tried Pouring Paint on the Canvas
“Burning Trash” original acrylic painting with palette knife by Gail Niebrugge, sold.
In the midst of my palette knife period I experimented with pouring paint directly on the canvas, a technique that my Mentor, Ed Betts had perfected. This is one of my only successful attempts, my other tries ended up in the waste basket. I remember being so happy with myself with one piece that I submitted it to a national juried exhibition where Ed was a juror. On my rejection letter he hand-penned a note encouraging me to continue submitting, but to find my own style. He said, nothing is more boring for a juror than to see a bunch of “little Betts’s”, or work that tries to copy the juror’s style and gain approval. I was mortified. I knew better, but it was a good lesson. I really like this little painting, though. Something nice is happing with the paint.
More tomorrow,
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska landscape painter
