Editing an art collection.
Editing is as much a part of the artistic process as any other part. The inspiration, planning, practicing, and creating is only made better by the final step: editing.
When I am creating an art collection, not every piece is a winner. There will inevitably be paintings that just don’t fit in for one reason or another.
My recent collection, Grounded, was no exception. Here are a few examples of pieces that just didn’t fit, and why it’s not necessarily a bad thing:
“Botanical Plenty” was a personal favorite, but I didn’t love the way the white ink appeared on the leaves around these rose hips:
2. Similarly, I didn’t love the way the gold paint appeared in person on these leaves in “Golden Garden”
3. While I loved these botanical studies, they were done as practice and not high enough quality to sell as originals:
4. There was nothing wrong with this painting at all; this painting was excluded because I already had a couple of other paintings that were too similar:
5. & 6. While I loved these agate-inspired paintings, I didn’t love the white ink accents I added to them later:
The positive to this? These paintings provided wonderful practice and inspiration for future collections. These are all jumping off points that I can build on.
Additionally, all of these paintings will make beautiful prints! Anything I’m not satisfied with can be gently edited before printing. When the Grounded: Print Collection launches right here on Thursday, May 13th, these pieces of art that didn’t make the original cut will be included. They are all worthy pieces that will be right at home on your gallery wall.
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