Connie Vincent was born in St Paul, MN, but left for the West Coast soon thereafter (currently living in Netarts, Oregon). She graduated from Portland State University with a degree in English Literature, but has neither taught nor written a novel. She enrolled in Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College, but left without graduating. She started painting in 2009 and can't stop.
Connie is also founding member of Art Accelerated.
Connie is also founding member of Art Accelerated.
I don't know how other artists work, but I literally talk myself through a painting from beginning to end."
Artist Statement
"I have always been more verbal than visual in my thinking, my problem-solving and my approach to painting. While this means that I rarely have a full-blown visualization of a painting at the outset, I think it helps me with the initial conceptualization (which I experience in words) and the problem solving that goes into getting from a concept to a finished painting. I don't know how other artists work, but I literally talk myself through a painting from beginning to end. Often that requires talking over the voice of my inner critic.
"I prefer painting with oils, but enjoy experimenting with other media and processes. I am messy. I tend to be impulsive. I require a degree of chaos to feel that I am working well. As inconvenient as oils can be (think clean up, drying time, oily rags…) I like the fact that they slow me down a bit to at least consider my next step. I often do things that I know won’t work, even though I hate to go back later & repair “the damage.” Painting in oil doesn’t dissuade me from these behaviors, but -because I just go ahead & do them anyway- I end up with a lot of layering & textures that I would never have achieved if I’d been more cautious about my actions!
"I love to begin a painting, hate the middle (which feels as though it goes on & on & on) and love the excitement of the finis,(though I often decide it wasn't really the finish but more of the middle). I like choosing a title for a piece, hate framing, and I stress-out for weeks before a show. I am always relieved when my work is hanging and it is “showtime.” Generally by then I have forgotten all the mean things my inner critic has been saying!"
"I have always been more verbal than visual in my thinking, my problem-solving and my approach to painting. While this means that I rarely have a full-blown visualization of a painting at the outset, I think it helps me with the initial conceptualization (which I experience in words) and the problem solving that goes into getting from a concept to a finished painting. I don't know how other artists work, but I literally talk myself through a painting from beginning to end. Often that requires talking over the voice of my inner critic.
"I prefer painting with oils, but enjoy experimenting with other media and processes. I am messy. I tend to be impulsive. I require a degree of chaos to feel that I am working well. As inconvenient as oils can be (think clean up, drying time, oily rags…) I like the fact that they slow me down a bit to at least consider my next step. I often do things that I know won’t work, even though I hate to go back later & repair “the damage.” Painting in oil doesn’t dissuade me from these behaviors, but -because I just go ahead & do them anyway- I end up with a lot of layering & textures that I would never have achieved if I’d been more cautious about my actions!
"I love to begin a painting, hate the middle (which feels as though it goes on & on & on) and love the excitement of the finis,(though I often decide it wasn't really the finish but more of the middle). I like choosing a title for a piece, hate framing, and I stress-out for weeks before a show. I am always relieved when my work is hanging and it is “showtime.” Generally by then I have forgotten all the mean things my inner critic has been saying!"