"Hairless Ostrich"
6.5"x8.5" Oil on Canvas
2011
As I’ve said before, I always find it fun to add a touch of randomness to my paintings. Sometimes when I have trouble coming up with ideas I’ll get myself going by painting whatever comes to my mind or whatever I see around me. You’re probably thinking a painting of a hairless ostrich sounds a bit random…well it is. But there is actually a crazy amount of symbolism associated with the ostrich and the egg of an ostrich, from simplicity to fertility, and they are mentioned in biblical texts as well as Egyptian hieroglyphics.
It is pretty random that I am even talking about the symbolic significance of an ostrich. I guess the moral of the story is that it’s good to just start painting, no matter what it is. Motivation is for amateurs anyways right? I can’t remember who said that.
Most of the time I end up going in a direction that I never thought I would at the beginning. Often a random direction that I am pretty happy with in the end. Sometimes I will have days where nothing is working and I just have to scrap everything and start over, but at least I’m painting something, thinking, making choices, and learning. That’s always a good exercise to move creativity forward.
Oh, and ostriches have hair all over their heads…this one doesn’t.
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