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- Story Listed as: True Life For Adults
- Theme: Drama / Human Interest
- Subject: Art / Music / Theater / Dance
- Published: 08/11/2018
Just Sittin
Born 1946, F, from Florence, OR, United States(Note to reader: This short story was published posthumously to honor the life of Susan Canavarro, a local author and award winning artist. Susan was born Oct. 14, 1946, in California and died Jan. 10, 2018, in Florence, Oregon, where she made her home for the past decade and a half. Susan authored the book, “Fragments: Growing Up Bohemian Poor in Dementia’s House,” and was a published illustrator for two books, “Lemon Custard” and “One year in the Time of Violence,” written by Jack Remick. An MFA, Susan was an intelligent and accomplished painter who was as adept at realism as abstraction, and whose work was enjoyed by art lovers far and wide, and awarded many times from among the exhibitions she participated in. Please note that the painting shown above was done by the author of the story.)
Just Sittin
By Susan Canavarro
When I was a student at CSU Chico in 1992 working on my BFA, I took a life drawing class. Drawing the figure was not and is still not my idea of fun! You might say my drawing skills were a bit constipated.
For the final project we were to do a complete painting incorporating the figure. I, of course, had spent most of my time in class focusing on hands and feet, stuff I knew I could draw. For some reason, reaching for the character of “hands” and “feet” fulfilled my artistic expression regarding the figure. Anything and everything else was done with extreme pain and frustration.
So, I thought and I thought about what to do, all the while dreading the project, dreading having to draw the whole figure, dreading the professor’s criticism, and then one day while I was in the loo just sittin’, this idea came to me. Sometimes, rules are meant to be broken!
This painting is in the collection of one my CSUC watermedia instructors, and is hanging in the loo! Some people can say they have work in the Louvre in Paris; I’m proud to say mine is in the loo in Chico!
As a byline: after all my struggles with this painting and drawing the figure in general, I might add that, colored by my fear of drawing the human body I most likely created my own negative interpretation of the project’s requirements, and by happenstance, created one of my better paintings; one that introduced me to using painting to express my quirky sense of humor, and using it to look deeper into myself.
© 2010 Susan Canavarro ”Just Sittin’” – All Rights Reserved.
Just Sittin(Susan Canavarro)
(Note to reader: This short story was published posthumously to honor the life of Susan Canavarro, a local author and award winning artist. Susan was born Oct. 14, 1946, in California and died Jan. 10, 2018, in Florence, Oregon, where she made her home for the past decade and a half. Susan authored the book, “Fragments: Growing Up Bohemian Poor in Dementia’s House,” and was a published illustrator for two books, “Lemon Custard” and “One year in the Time of Violence,” written by Jack Remick. An MFA, Susan was an intelligent and accomplished painter who was as adept at realism as abstraction, and whose work was enjoyed by art lovers far and wide, and awarded many times from among the exhibitions she participated in. Please note that the painting shown above was done by the author of the story.)
Just Sittin
By Susan Canavarro
When I was a student at CSU Chico in 1992 working on my BFA, I took a life drawing class. Drawing the figure was not and is still not my idea of fun! You might say my drawing skills were a bit constipated.
For the final project we were to do a complete painting incorporating the figure. I, of course, had spent most of my time in class focusing on hands and feet, stuff I knew I could draw. For some reason, reaching for the character of “hands” and “feet” fulfilled my artistic expression regarding the figure. Anything and everything else was done with extreme pain and frustration.
So, I thought and I thought about what to do, all the while dreading the project, dreading having to draw the whole figure, dreading the professor’s criticism, and then one day while I was in the loo just sittin’, this idea came to me. Sometimes, rules are meant to be broken!
This painting is in the collection of one my CSUC watermedia instructors, and is hanging in the loo! Some people can say they have work in the Louvre in Paris; I’m proud to say mine is in the loo in Chico!
As a byline: after all my struggles with this painting and drawing the figure in general, I might add that, colored by my fear of drawing the human body I most likely created my own negative interpretation of the project’s requirements, and by happenstance, created one of my better paintings; one that introduced me to using painting to express my quirky sense of humor, and using it to look deeper into myself.
© 2010 Susan Canavarro ”Just Sittin’” – All Rights Reserved.
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