{"id":5711,"date":"2011-03-17T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/blog\/?p=5711"},"modified":"2011-03-17T07:00:49","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T07:00:49","slug":"is-it-done-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zatista.co.nz\/blog\/2011\/03\/17\/is-it-done-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Done Yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5712\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/11914\/perpetual-revision\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5712\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5712  \" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/02\/Perpetual-Revision-by-Michael-McDevitt-on-Zatista.com_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Perpetual Revision&quot; by Michael McDevitt on Zatista.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The other day I came across the painting &#8220;Perpetual Revision&#8221; by artist Michael McDevitt on Zatista. As a writer, I can relate to the sentiment behind the title. It also makes me think about the notion of completion within the context of art in general.<\/p>\n<p>When I watch my wife, who is a painter, or any of our artist friends work on a piece, I&#8217;m always intrigued by how they know the work is done. A lot of art mediums are cumulative \u2013 erasing marks or portions of the composition isn&#8217;t always an option, so covering is the only way to make revisions. As a result, there&#8217;s often a lot of &#8220;building&#8221; going on as layer upon layer is added to the piece.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5714\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/61\/untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5714\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5714 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Untitled-by-Fernando-Velez-Castro-on-Zatista.com_-339x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Untitled&quot; by Fernando Velez Castro on Zatista.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sometimes the revisions and additions become the piece itself, blurring together in a complimentary way. Other times, it&#8217;s what&#8217;s left blank that really matters. Still, what mystifies me is how artists decide that the last layer they completed is going to be the final one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and yet, sometimes the sense that one brush stroke more or less would have led to something other than completion is tangible to even the uninitiated. I don&#8217;t have the ability to tell my wife when one of her paintings is done, but I think I&#8217;m understanding more and more what it means to her to be finished.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5713\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/9201\/revision-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5713\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5713 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Revision-3-by-William-P.-Etheridge-Jr.-on-Zatista.com_-313x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Revision #3&quot; by William P. 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