I am fascinated by process. Since painting is such a solitary pursuit, it can be hard to visualize the journey by looking at the end product. Since I am relatively new to painting, it's easy for me to assume that the process is difficult for me but not for all those other people because they know what they're doing while I'm just fumbling around. (At this point, I need to remember that Degas said on his deathbed: "Damn, and just when I was starting to get it!")Inside the Painter's Studio was the result of an art project of Joe Fig's where he interviewed artists in their workspace and built a miniature diorama of their studio. Not being very conversant of contemporary art, there were a lot of artists I had never heard of before but I really enjoyed the interviews with the authors - instead of dwelling in the abstract, he asks down-to-earth questions like "what kind of paint do you use?" and "do you listen to the radio or television while you work?" If you want to learn a lot about the workflow of some really great living artists, give this book a read.
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