As an artist I attempt to make the unseen inside of me visible. Slow has inspired me to consider what affects the actions of creativity I take to make art.

I work in mixed media and acrylic. Fast. I wrestle with encaustic. Slow. Scanography-slow and fast.

I wait for the paint to dry, the wax to melt, the gesso to harden. Or not—because there are hairdryers and chemicals that will speed things up…and I use them all the time.

I’m in slow mode as I collect images and textures and ideas; fabric, paper, books, 3D objects. I make note of other people’s art and web content. I create from three themes that repeat and inspire: beauty, joy, brainfood.

This is not done as a rush job determined by a schedule. I once pulled out clippings of toys from a 1950’s Sears catalog that I laminated in 1992 to use in a scanner image in 2006. See ‘Kittens’ at www.sophielumen.blogspot.com

I went back to my blog recently to post about what was a previously private process. I’m curious to see if this affects what comes out, and to learn about the way people do the same in other countries. Because we are all slow artists of our invisible lives.