ORDER

Studio time needs to become somewhat habitual so that one is prepared to flow naturally, setting the process in motion unconsciously through the underlying expectation or preparation (Pavlovian you might say). Developing rhythm in work habits simplifies and clarifies the way to working fruitfully through the nature of the organization of time. I have a variety of responsibilities not directly related to painting so this is essential. When I get to my studio on the days that are reserved with blocks of time to paint, I am free of other obligations and I shift into art mode. I allow the work to flow spontaneously and am guided by a natural feeling for a sense of order through the lines I lay down. There are feelings of pushing, pulling, opening, breathing, conflict or harmony, etc. All of these lines or gestures are held together with a sensibility I have for order, some kind of balance that I see as giving clarity of expression. It grounds the visual elements. I don't really know where this sensibility comes from. My guess is that it is rooted both in external elements like nature and time as well as through intuition and a connection to the unknowable.

Linda Saccoccio