Sloth

In The Times on Wednesday there was a column by Grayson Perry, the Turner prize winner 2 years ago, about how the increasing speed of culture is getting in the way of creating good art. He says "we are prone to being sucked into the idea that fast is somehow central to modernity. To be relevant is to be broadband-quick and dressed for next season. Apparently artists also need to become museum-supply companies with a high turnover of works if they want to succeed internationally." He's decided to start the 'Slow Art Movement' to counter this rise in speed, something that seems very relevant with this piece! Read more about it here.
I started this project in effect when I bought this canvas from the works over a year ago now, and I started painting it about 2 months ago. I recently decided buying a canvas from the works, while being cheap, is not clever, and so am currently hatching a plan to get around this and improving the painting - how exciting!