Giant formats
I am a small format artist. I like doing art on paper small enough that I can cover its whole spread by swivelling my elbow. There are some obvious limitations, when the tools are not fine enough to create the desired detail. I noticed that in a recent series of cat paintings when nothing was fine enough for whiskers (of course they can be left out at a distance. But I wanted whiskers, and it was hard to do), or when wanting drips that appear enormous on the canvas because their physical size overwhelms the painting. Working on formats that no longer fit the room is tricky. Also, storing large formats is much harder, growing to the second power instead of doubling at twice the size. And finally, the eternal question of: do large paintings even sell when collectors only have that much space on the wall? There are few exceptions to this preference, even though I find myself drawn to the larger formats lately. I may draw, with ink or charcoal, on sizes around 50×70cm, which is what I can ...