Growing up, one of my favourite illustrations I had taped on my bedroom wall was the image of someone falling into a canvas, to illustrate someone travelling through a portal into a different realm. The visible is the threshold into the invisible, in which the images we create have the ability to transport people into the atmospheres, places, and impressions of living: stepping foot into the places they've dreamed of venturing.
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Since ancient times, symbol and myth have educated people and infused the matrix of meaning into life. In nourishing meaning and storytelling, we connect to a greater power. My work is a continuation of that lineage of creating images which bear meaning as sacred; the magic of storytelling, right-brain holism, and the ontology of flow state experiences.
Julia Cameron writes that creativity is not about having your head in the clouds: it's bringing it back down to earth. “Art is not about thinking something up. It is about the opposite—getting something down.”
Whether you've been compelled by your love of a colour palette; there's the seed of an idea that's teasing your curiosity; you're dazzled by a picture or memory, or find a certain theme, epic, tale, simply enchanting and irresistible... let it land on canvas.
In the form, please include the
size of painting;
Subject matter, your interests;
Colour Scheme and patterns/motifs;
(Optional) Specific Pictures/Inspired text, quotes, sent via email;
and desired budget