Self-portrait

[Alexandra Tyng]

Originally Posted by Thomasin Dewhurst

After what I just said in your post, Alex, about painting not being art-therapy, I think I have gone very much against those thoughts in this work.

Oh, I don't know. . .I think you are being too hard on yourself, Thomasin. I got the impression that you were referring to paintings that functioned ONLY as art therapy and did not have much to say to (or did not speak to) the viewer. This one speaks to me. All your work speaks to me!

[Clayton J. Beck III]

Hi Thomasin,
Intriguing as always. I just had a question for you. Is this the final stage or are you still working on it? The only reason I ask is that you haven't signed it. Also, could you tell us if this the painting you intended at the start or is this more of a stream-of-consciousness work. I do both and am sometime surprised at how little I reach what I intended or how much I achieve when not intending anything in particular but just let the session flow.

[Thomasin Dewhurst]

Alex,
Thanks for your confidence in my work - as usual. Actually, this painting did keep on saying to me that it needed more work and so it has been started again.

So. Clayton, it was, when I posted it, in its final stage, but has since become more and more dissatisfying and so has been begun again. So things do change as my perception of the painting changes. Sometimes the painting seems to need lots more work and sometimes, when I am just getting ready and have the energy to paint for hours and hours, the painting is suddenly finished - both are frustrating!