30 X 24 oil on canvas nfs
I missed the Challenge last month so I'm getting it
in early this month for the "Dreams" theme.
It is so exciting to really step out of my comfort zone
and do something completely different and conceptual.
This has a lot of personal symbolism from a time that was
particularly scary and isolating as a young child. I still
have reoccurring dreams about it. I used several references
of myself: one terrified, one trying to figure it all out and
one attempting to reemerge as the happy child.
Gwen, this is so totally unlike your other works, I had to look twice at the name to make sure it was yours! But really like it, very thought provoking in an abstract way.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a stong, emotional piece and the transformation is evident (thankfully it is a happy one!). Did you find it difficult to relive your struggles or was it a catharsis? It is a beautiful painting, Gwen. And as Ann said it provokes many thoughts in the viewer. I really like it!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ann and Linda. This was actually the painting that started me on my painting journey. I had always done Commercial Illustration and never wanted to paint for myself. I had all of this stuff inside that needed to come out and once it did I had a desire to paint. It was a process and this was the culmination of several. I still like to let go an do some emotional, off the wall paintings now and then. This little site of ours is the perfect incentive to do more.
ReplyDeleteWhere's the "dreamy" crazy fabric and coffee mug? :-)
ReplyDeleteI love seeing something so different from you, very nice. Thanks for sharing, these different topics will definitely be an incentive for us to try other things.