Artist – DOMINIK JASIŃSKI https://dominikjasinski.art A painter, graphic designer and illustrator, graduated Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (2006). Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:20:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Speedy Gonzales https://dominikjasinski.art/2019/09/09/speedy-gonzales/ https://dominikjasinski.art/2019/09/09/speedy-gonzales/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:06:40 +0000 https://dev.dominikjasinski.art/?p=6524

I’m often asked the question ‘how long does it take you to finish a painting?’. There is no definite answer, for several reasons : 1- I am working on multiple canvas at the same time (oil paint takes several days to dry); 2 – all paintings are different and some elements simply take longer to paint them others; 3 – it all depends on my mood. If the weather is nice, if I haven’t drunk too much wine last evening – it all affects the pace of work.

It’s good to be an artist: P I can work when I feel like it (and I always feel like it), I can take a break and go for a coffee or not take a break and paint, for example, all night long.

Quick paintings are certainly not easier to accomplish. They simply require more precision and are more expressive at the same time.

From time to time a painting is created in one session. This has its advantages, such as the freshness of it, expressiveness or the intensity and continuity of the narrative. It also has its drawbacks – it requires more focus from me and leaves no room for mistakes. I like this quick process because it better reflects what’s on my mind at a given moment.

My friend Łukasz Bozycki had an idea to make a time laps video and try to paint a painting in one go. He set up all his gadgets, set up the lamps and sat me inside all of it with a blank canvas. He turned on the recording and went for a vodka (or some noodles, I don’t know), leaving me in the studio for a few hours in a very uncomfortable position ….

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There is an old well in a small town of Sao Luis, near to where I live in Portugal. It used to be a main source of water for both people and animals who lived here. Nowadays it is closed off with a white dome and has no real impact.

Fernando, a mayor of the town had a brilliant idea to bring it back to life. He asked me if I could team up with local youth, design a new look for the old well and we could all paint it together.

It is so nice that with small communities everybody becomes a part of daily life. Projects like this one also give a chance to younger generations to participate and to express themselves. It was a pleasure to be working alongside them and even my limited knowledge of Portuguese language was not a problem (quite the opposite, they defo taught me few cool expressions and new swear words:P).

Working in the centre of Sao Luis.

It took us almost one month to finish. But it was an incredible experience. Every passer by would engage in conversation, I had older people telling me stories about the well and teaching me history of the town. But my favourite part of the day was when local restaurant owners would come over offering me coffee or little snacks (sometimes full lunches and yes, I do like my food).

I am very proud of the final result and I hope the new Old Well will become a part of Sao Luis for years to come.

None of it would be possible without Fernando and support from CIN, who kindly gave us their best paints.

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