01/03/2026
Depth and beauty come from imperfection.
People often comment on the visible layers in my paintings, and they question how I do it.
And the answer is literally this:
I’m not afraid to cover up one layer (or parts of a layer) and completely change how the painting looks.
Once a piece of art starts to feel too precious and finished and like “oh I don’t want to touch it because it looks good and I might mess it up”…. That is when you should keep going. All the insight and beauty lies on the other side of “precious”.
And the truth that any artist in any genre will tell you is that even when you can’t see the underneath layers or the rough draft of the poem or the first cell phone recording of the song, the layers are still there.
It’s the creative process. It’s a recognition that depth and beauty aren’t created in one brush stroke of genius. They are created over time. With intention. With risk. With ugly parts. With imperfection.
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