Whether or not this painting o'mine I just completed is any good is almost unimportant to me. Two reasons why that is the case. First one being that I had never before done a landscape scene using pastels instead of acrylics or watercolors. This was like a test for me to see how I would go about creating one. The second is where my thoughts took me while painting it.
I believe I have figured out how to use the pastels when painting a landscape. I am eager to attempt a completely different type of one soon. Maybe one with trees and a stream. Maybe a field of flowers. Maybe one more contemporary and far less structured. I will have to see where my imagination takes me.
As for my thoughts during the creation of this painting, I loved what I was thinking. Most of the paintings I do usually have so much "more" to them than anyone else can see or than I am capable of expressing with whichever medium I use. What I kept thinking over and over is that even though something is timeworn and perhaps appearing somewhat decrepit (in this case that would be the barns), there is life brought to it with the emergence of something new (the hollyhocks). Before I painted the flowers, the barns stood out as being dilapidated but still sturdy enough to be useful. The cracks and holes in the wood were very prominent. Yet once the hollyhocks began to be added, a softness crept into the scene. They seemed to revitalize the barns with their freshness. I envisioned a farmer's wife planting those flower seeds. Perhaps she wanted to add a touch of beauty to the plain view of the barns and the overgrown grass. Still, it was the way the barns became transformed with the addition of new life that stayed with me.
It made me realize that no matter how old people become and how their ages might show in their faces or in the way they move, there is always some source of beauty that can come to them in any number of ways and rejuvenate them. Restore their energy and sense of purpose and soften the passage of time.
Ah, I think I think too much sometimes.
"We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
7 comments:
I really like what you said about your thoughts as you were creating this painting. I know exactly what you are saying about how your paintings have so much more to them than anyone else can see. The same thoughts enter into my mind when I am creating a picture. These thoughts and feelings can't be expressed in words, only the emotions that I try to convey in the final products. This is always very difficult since everyone looks at art differently, and therefor gets something different out of it. All that being said, I really do like the painting. The fresh blooms do give a sense of hope and a future to an otherwise run down barn. The dichotomy is very nice.
Greg
I love both the painting and the thoughts. Just the kind of scene I would love to run across.
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I'm not sure what I love most....that incredible painting.. what you wrote....or you. It's probably you.
Nancy
As usual you are awesome!!! I have not seen one painting of yours that I didn't fall in love with.
Terra
What a beautiful painting...you are very talented...love it.
Hope the rest of your week is the best...hugs,
Joyce
I personally do not think you think too much my friend...
You actually nail your thoughts right on the head most times; it's what brings me back here whenever I get the chance.
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That is beautiful! Wow, you are very talented! I would buy this!
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