The Sacred Heart of Willie
I'm really looking forward to sharing Valentine's Day with a little different awareness at my Sacred Heart show - Cafe Caffeine.
The Sacred Heart series started with me being stuck. I had an art show a month away and only two paintings. That thing that had been chasing me, that I had been chasing for 5 years, was no longer able to be found.
In other words, my heart felt a lot better.
A friend of mine had been on my a long time to do a Willie Nelson painting. I had put her off for at least a year.
As a reminder, she sent me Willie's book - The Tao of Willie. I decided to give it a try. I wasn't inspired to paint what I had been painting. Why not?
In preparation, I choose to use only 4 colors: white, black, gold and red... After reading his book, I was inspired to give him a sacred heart... Catholic imagery that announced his good intentions and being an agent of deeper purpose.
I sketched. Painted it in. Tried to destroy it with water. Washed in gold. Stepped back, and almost started shaking. I felt as though I finally hit on something that could propel me to a different level with my work, and people's participation and appreciation of it.
It looked radically different than anything I had painted before.
From that point, I chose to paint iconic figures who have had a big impact on me and the world.
The Sacred Heart series started with me being stuck. I had an art show a month away and only two paintings. That thing that had been chasing me, that I had been chasing for 5 years, was no longer able to be found.
In other words, my heart felt a lot better.
A friend of mine had been on my a long time to do a Willie Nelson painting. I had put her off for at least a year.
As a reminder, she sent me Willie's book - The Tao of Willie. I decided to give it a try. I wasn't inspired to paint what I had been painting. Why not?
In preparation, I choose to use only 4 colors: white, black, gold and red... After reading his book, I was inspired to give him a sacred heart... Catholic imagery that announced his good intentions and being an agent of deeper purpose.
I sketched. Painted it in. Tried to destroy it with water. Washed in gold. Stepped back, and almost started shaking. I felt as though I finally hit on something that could propel me to a different level with my work, and people's participation and appreciation of it.
It looked radically different than anything I had painted before.
From that point, I chose to paint iconic figures who have had a big impact on me and the world.
Labels: heart, icon, purpose, Valentine's, Willie Nelson
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