Studio Hayes / Studio journal
An ongoing practice / 2026
Art / Materials / Practice
Studio
journal.
Observations on art and the process behind it.
Essays on materials, color and the development of a creative practice.
Studio life
A slower way of seeing.
Some days, the most useful thing to bring to the studio is a little less urgency.
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Color & materials
Color relationships in practice.
Between the colors we choose and the colors we discover, a small conversation takes place.
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Creative process
Beginning a new study.
The first mark does not have to know where the rest of the painting is going.
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Creative process
A place for unfinished thoughts.
A sketchbook becomes useful when it stops needing to look like a finished thing.
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Color & materials
Let the brush lead.
A stem, a leaf, a change of pressure. Sometimes a whole form lives inside one gesture.
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A pause, until the next note.
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