Behind The Layers of 'Insatiable'

It could be argued that all paintings are composed of layers. The surface itself holds the underpinning and the underpinning is only the first of many layers that are applied strategically on top of one another or spaced out across the canvas beside each other. I used to paint over some of my oldest paintings, years ago, when I wasn't able to obtain more canvases. I thought ''fuck it'' and then painted over what I had already painted. Sometimes it was awful but other times it made things better. Regardless of the result, that feverish impulse to release (express, create, whatever) is difficult to suppress. More often than not, the result doesn't matter — it's the act of expression itself that blurs over everything else.

It would seem that when one paints, they are really only layering things. When one writes it feels the same, as writing (stripped down) is a layering of thoughts upon thoughts, until things sound ''right''. Right enough to capture in pages, much the same way that the layering of thoughts (or ideas) are captured in paint.

Painting have layers. Along with writing, music and any other medium of expression. Because people, in their very nature, are complex and multi-faceted. Behind every piece of work is something more. What is seen or heard by audience or viewer is not always the intention of the artist. That's fascinating. It's only frustrating if/when people choose to see the worst side of art rather than the very misunderstood (and sometimes uncomfortable) human side of it.

I'm not ''tidy'' when I paint. I'm not perfect. For what reason should being neat, tidy and ''perfect'' replace the raw process of art? I see no reason that it should. 

Music: ''22 Going on 23'' by Butthole Surfers.