Monday, January 12, 2015

Art speaks life, the process

Sometimes when I paint I know exactly what I am doing or what inspired me.  Sometimes I just start and see what happens as I begin to work.  Tonight I just put paint on canvas the main color is red and then there is blue and white and silver and gold.  Each of those colors have meaning red is anger and rage, blue is calm, white is pure, gold is prosperity, and silver is hope.  These colors just happened the tubes were on the bed from another painting I was finishing.

I decided those colors would form my background and next would be a dancing woman.  As I painted her the title of this painting came to mind, dancing in the chaos.  In life so much happens, and when an onslaught of events occur it does seem like a dance.  Life can be full of ups and downs.  The moment you believe you got it all under control is when you can lose control, lose balance.  But when you have a belief in something greater than yourself, when you believe that  God will see you through you can believe , have hope for a better tomorrow.  Find peace within.