Self portrait charcoal sketch

I had grand plans to paint more in 2020 but I think maybe Ive had some sort of existential crisis, I dunno. Finding time to focus, patience to wrestle with the craft etc has become impossible. I don’t know if the pandemic has affected me or if that’s just an excuse. 🤷‍♂️ So, I resolved to go back to basics, some paper, some charcoal, pencils maybe... shapes, form, space, chaos, no pressure, just create in the moments that I can spare to see if I can discover something. And this week I moved my easel out of the office so it wasn’t staring me out and being intimidating. It doesn’t matter what I create at this stage I guess... it doesn’t need to be perfect or refined, whatever that means. Footnote: We also watched the episode of @abstractdesign featuring @studioolafureliasson last night and oh. My. Goodness. I feel so inadequate and un-evolved but somehow inspired. Maybe. If anything incredible happens you’ll see it.

Originally posted here.