I am at a point where I am a bit lost in the work. I know that portraiture is where it is at for me but I cannot seem to articulate exactly what it is in portraiture that does it for me. I am uninterested in exploring many of the themes that advisors have hinted to me I should be looking at with portraiture like time and the relationship between sitter and artist.
I have tried going another way by exploring the image of the goat which has shown up in my work but that gels like a dead end to me.
So I am a bit stuck. I feel like I can’t move forward and just painting portraits feels a bit like moving backwards or just standing still.
I don’t think this is necessarily a bad place to be. I am marinating in something. I just do not know what.