Just A Minute
Riding along on my bike and hunting my painting spot, I came to this corner. Now it’s not a special place here in Rome, but the light was awesome. I had to stop and paint.
On the Curve, Via Teano 6×8″ Oil on Linen Panel ©Kelly Medford
This is one of the mysteries that I find it hard to put words to: why I choose to paint what I paint sometimes.Through art school, attending exhibitions and meeting countless artists, I’ve found that there are a few approaches to painting.Some painters have an idea and then they work and refine, pursuing and hashing out a concept, following a thread, a line of thought or theory and craft it into their work.Then there are painters that work by intuition. Something, an impulse if you will, strikes and they paint, without the idea of the thought or what it’s even about really, it’s just a pull to start and see where it takes you.I’ve always been the intuitive one painting on some kind of impulse. Don’t get me wrong, my paintings are not devoid of meaning, intention or lack of a common thread, but they are in search of something that for me is less tangible: a feeling, a mood, a moment, a story.Today I was reminded of this. Even though my goal or intention is to capture the life and streets of Rome as it is today, some days that just means capturing a moment of light.
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