Signature.
I’ve always had a problem with signatures. It takes a lot of coaxing for me to even consider it, and if I do cave I usually just sign my name in tiny letters on the back. My hesitation stems from working with a lot of emphasis on composition and sparseness and because I find it sort of redundant. If I worked in oil and painted rich landscapes or filled up the whole canvas, I probably wouldn’t be irked to pen my name down in the corner. But when you sit their obsessing over surface cleanliness and correcting stray marks, having someone ask if you’ll scratch your name in the bottom really gets to me.
I say I find it redundant because if you work in a relatively consistent style, whats the point of a putting your name down there? I really enjoy your first encounter with a piece by an artist you’re obsessed with, how you have no doubt whose hand did those trees, those feet, even though you’ve never seen the work before.
Essentially, I’d like my signature to be the hands that crafted it. Like the brilliant and nameless artists of ancient times, who are only remembered for the accidental fingerprints left in their work.
I am so happy you are here.