As I continue my exploration of casein paint I find myself feeling somewhat uncertain and a little vulnerable. I paint almost every day, trying this and that, finding an exciting thread and following it for a while only to find something else that grabs my attention and following that for a while. I am searching, but I don’t know what I am looking for. It is a strange state of mind. It is similar to when I am starting a painting in encaustic and just laying down colors in a random and intuitive manner. I don’t know what this encaustic painting will look like but I paint away and eventually the idea coalesces. But now, with the casein painting, I keep painting but no idea is coalescing. But it is absorbing and maybe for now that is enough.
Here are a few images of my current thread of inquiry. All are casein and collage on waterleaf paper, 15” x 11”.
