Sacred Balance. Mixed-media on 1/2" maple plywood, 22" x 22".
This painting has just been completed and will be listed tonight in my etsy shop, along with one other. It has been a very interesting experience, as usual. What I find most fascinating about this whole spirited process of creation is that in a sense, I do what I feel soul directed to do. Then I sit with the image and try to see what it wants to convey, and recall moments while I was creating it. Then I go on a little mission to see what I can find out about the things that want to be seen the most, in this case the Mexican Wolves, the structure, the way the figures appear in relation to each other. What are they teaching me? Or sometimes it comes to show me that they are documenting something- a motif which I am currently living, but which is universal.
When the message jumps out, as it always does, and I intuitively know that I've heard it correctly, I feel so excited. I usually shout, "Of course!" or "Yes!" and if someone is around at the time, they may look at me like I'm off my nut, which I'm happy to be in that moment.
Just as I was dreamily sorting out the last of the visual elements, I made a little video in which I explain a little bit about my artmaking process. Since I'm teaching a mixed-media painting class at SAW in September, I thought it would be helpful to share a little bit of my voice and process with you. I liked making it, though laugh with me in the beginning when I realize there is a hideous pink earplug lying in the shot and quickly remove it. :)
