colby eck

My art creates itself on the canvas. Painting for me is similar to living. I play, I add layers, and most of the time I don't realize what is going on with the "big picture" until it's right there in front of me. I'm attracted to colors and their relationship to each other. I love texture and the way multiple layers of paint simulate the way mountains and landscapes look up close. I spend a lot of time on small portions of the canvas. Some days I paint for hours. Others I just swipe a few splotches with my paint knife in between working or whatever it is I'm doing and wait for it to dry before going back to it. Whatever I chose to do I never have the end result in my head, it sort of just happens. I know that the more I paint, the more intuitive it becomes. I think a lot of my art reflects things that interest me, like beautiful landscapes or the human experience. I don't want anything to be "perfect" in my eyes, because we aren't perfect beings and I never want to portray that. My paintings of people all teeter on the cusp of abstract because I know there's more to humans than meets the eye or what we can even understand, if that makes sense. I don't paint for others, the act of painting is for me. It's calming, it's joyful, and I am always learning something about the process as well as things about myself, which has always astounded me.