- Sarah Crawford :: Contemplation :: Acrylic on canvas :: 150cm x 100cm
There are some things in life that you achieve quickly and others that take longer and you wonder if you’ll ever get there. Each little dot in this painting had a thought go into it. A reminder to myself of life. The painting is 150cm high x 100cm wide. And not to forget the edges – 10cm on each side. So many dots! Each dot is placed carefully onto the canvas, raised to a point. Each dot requires a dip into the paint before it goes onto the canvas to get the texture I am after. A photograph never really shows the detail – or the size of the artwork.
There were times when I was painting and putting dot after dot onto canvas, where I cried, not from sadness but from realisation that I had to wait longer to get to where I wanted – in this instance, to finish! Towards the end in the past few weeks, I finished this painting, and the feeling was of satisfaction. I felt so proud. It represented a whole lot more to me than just a painting finished. It represented persistence. In believing in your dreams. In not giving up (and trust me, there were times I wanted to – there are hundreds of hours of dots in there!) and trusting your instincts.
So many lessons I have learnt over the time painting ‘Contemplation’. A self portrait on so many levels. Keeping the passion alive and reaching for your dreams, willing to be humbled and at times, feel humiliated by others indifference and lack of interest is all part of the process. The ability to overcome rejection, to keep the belief in what I am doing. And to know that the most important thing is that I continue to live my life with passion, love each day – and love with passion, love each moment and keep on seeing the hope and beauty in everything – because that is who I am.
xo
- Sarah Crawford :: Contemplation :: (Side view 1)
- Sarah Crawford :: Contemplation :: (Side view 2)
‘Contemplation’ is on display as part of the
Gainsborough Greens Art Awards and Exhibition
Thursday 11 August to Monday 15 August
10am – 5pm daily
Gainsborough Greens Golf Club
Yawalpa Rd, Pimpama QLD
SARAH CRAWFORD ARTIST 
I really like your painting. The arrangement of dots works very well, along with the colors. It all feels nicely balanced. One of the paintings I’m working on is a tree made of little squares, meant to be along the lines of pixels used to assemble electronic images. It’s been a different experience, to work on each little square and see how it fits into the whole image. You created a great piece here — and great that you submitted it to the Gainsborough Exhibition to give that a shot. Best wishes for your artwork!
Hey! Thanks so much for you comment, is great to hear about your work too! Thanks for sharing 🙂