Seed of Hope, 6x12 inches, oil paint
and wood burning, $950.00
Seed of Hope is about the ability we
each hold in hour hands, the power to change. It's the seed within
that we can draw from to accomplish our creation. When you look
deeply inward you find everything you need, the wisdom to see clearly
and to bring your life into harmony with it.
Pyrography and Oil Process
I use the characteristics of the wood
to determine the design. I begin with looking at the grain of the
wood, and I wait to be inspired by what my mind imagines there.
Sometimes I get the whole painting in a flash and go looking for the
right piece of wood. Generally I like swirling, water like, patterns.
I may spray a thin layer of metal paint
over the wood, perhaps stain it any color I like, or I will leave it
natural. Then I draw the design out, keeping in mind the flow of the
wood. I blend my lines into the that. Then burn the dark lines in
with a phyrographic tool. All the shading I do with oils.
I will detail the face of my figure,
but only draw out with minimal shading, her companion subject. I like
to blend many styles (drawing, painting) of image making together to
provide interest, and to also express my message which is that change
is constant and that all things are connected. To finish a painting
is to kill it with perfect stillness. I want movement, a sense of
growth, appearing and disappearing of elements.
