I don’t know how to explain how I paint intuitively. All I know for sure is that I do it. First of all, I put a blank panel or a canvas on my drafting table. Then I look at it and the juices in my soul start to simmer. First I cover the support with gesso and sometimes texture. That leads me to draw a couple of lines wherever I see the need. Most of the time I write a few sentences of hope and compassion even though the words will be covered. The thoughts are still there underneath it all. Then I add a blue, a red, and a yellow or gold. I move and scrape the medium until I begin to see a painting. Usually I see long, tall women with dark hair standing in front of buildings. I don’t see your usual women or buildings. I see women and buildings that live in my mind and my soul somewhere and I’m not sure where. When I first started seeing the women, they were standing in windows or next to windows. That was in 2003. Then one day, most of them came outside the buildings. My art work became less abstract then, but now I am feeling the need to do more abstract work. I am also wanting to use more collage materials now and I have not felt the urge to do that in a while. Once I begin to see the painting, I start to build it with many layers of paint and texture.
I don’t know if using my gut instead of my head is a good thing or not. My drawing skills have suffered, but I don’t think anything else has. I do know that painting intuitively is spiritual and healing for me. I love to put my feelings on a panel or a canvas even if the viewer can’t see them.