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Painting the delicate folds of a concertina napkin has turned into a quiet kind of meditation for me, where the hours slip away without much notice ☁️
But I’m curious, what would you have the patience to sit with something this long, to watch it take shape?
People fall in love with the finished piece, but the real work lives in the messy, uncertain process no one sees and I something that usually prefer not to share. Not because I’m embarrassed of the unfinished product but filming and painting can be quite the challenge. I already have an easel and a painting trolley, a trolley with my reference image and then adding in a iPhone tripod really seems to complicate things 😅 but painting really is meditative work and I thought it might be nice to share.
Just a little hint of a very special piece to come ✨ @amandashadforthartist
“A Quiet Balance” grew out of small, familiar rituals .. setting the table, lining up plates just right, the quiet anticipation before a meal begins. As a child, those moments felt simple, but looking back, they carried a kind of stillness and care that stayed with me.
I was also thinking about Dutch still life paintings, their calm, their attention to everyday objects, and the way they turn ordinary scenes into something almost meditative. I wanted to bring that feeling into something more personal, something remembered rather than observed.
A stack of plates, a folded napkin, a single egg, everything held in a quiet pause.
A balance between past and present, order and softness, memory and form.
‘A Quiet Balance’ oil on canvas : 45cm x 55cm - now SOLD @amandashadforthartist
