Natasha’s day! Natasha had sent in two pictures from the same series “free like a wind” – in one the scarf was up, like touching the clouds and then the one you find here. While I was sitting with the inspiration, I asked myself, if and what could be the meaning or difference that this one came out.
And then things developed again an own dynamic. Yesterday I went out to buy new paper. I hadn’t planned to stay that long in Istanbul and did not bring enough paper with me, but plans changed so I had to search for paper. Most of the year I painted on paper, after I had noticed in the first days of the project how difficult it is to paint with oil paint on canvas and finish the painting in one day. So I felt today a bit like being caught in a joke of the universe: first I took a canvas sheet 8and no paper) and second I started to sketch very small, instead of zooming in, I really went for the whole photo, with all the sky. My grandmothers face a few days ago was huge compared to today’s! But something really pushed me there. And if I have learnt one thing through out this project: trust that voice! So here we go! with my trial to capture wind and the feeling of freedom and these beautiful butterfly clouds just like in the inspiration.
Thank you, Natasha!
<3 Susanne