As an active painter, I am constantly moving. The kind of paintings that I do have been described as Jackson Pollock-esque. This means that I do abstract work by splattering and dripping different kinds of paint on a canvas. There is no visible figurative representation but just a general sensation that you can garner from my works of art.
I tack my paintings onto a great big easel rather than a studio floor like Pollock did. Because of this, I like to use backless chrome bar stool because they allow me to swing around to get my painting material and return to the painting very quickly. For me, my inspiration comes and goes like flashes in my head. I can see an orange sky at one instant and then I will see an electric green poisonous fish in the next. Because I am loyal to all of the sparks of inspiration that appear to me, the quicker I can translate it onto the canvas, the better.
I own several swivel bar stools for this very reason and they have all served me well. When I have acquired all the use I could from each individual swivel bar stool, they go to a space in the attic. I’m actually thinking of transforming that space into an exhibit within itself. It will be called “A Gathering of Swivel Bar Stools” like the old friends that they are.
