Susan Rothenberg

from Art 21

"her new-found interest in using the memory of observed and experienced events (a riding accident, a near-fatal bee sting, walking the dog, a game of poker or dominoes) as an armature for creating a painting. These scenes excerpted from daily life, whether highlighting an untoward event or a moment of remembrance, come to life through Rothenberg’s thickly layered and nervous brushwork. A distinctive characteristic of these paintings is a tilted perspective in which the vantage point is located high above the ground. A common experience in the New Mexico landscape, this unexpected perspective invests the work with an eerily objective psychological edge."

although not fixated with her work - i found the highlighted words above interesting. i've often thought of doing a photo set where i am just slightly below the subject - ever so slightly. i'd have to figure out the exact amount to ensure it rode on the edge of being directly in relation to the subject and slightly below it.

'nervous brushwork' - i like that her texture of hand might show an anxiety. definitely shows a movement...

'using the memory of observed and experienced events' : i often now get ideas only from instinct, from something entering my mind and refusing to leave. I need to build a parameter, method of filtering ideas to rebuild a conceptual framework. My old conceptual framework isn't working for me anymore -- but i haven't found the new one either. I wonder if something as simple as observed events would work for me...