I recently took a good look at this drawing after a couple of years and saw it in a whole new light...I realized what it was about. It's not about accuracy and anatomic model....instead, it's full of personal symbolism. When I shifted gears in my art career, I wanted to paint from "within" and find a true voice, this became kind of a "therapeutic catalyst" for things that I could not understand or express otherwise..Here, I think..I am speaking about my divorce and the mixed emotions and struggles that come with the whole life altering mess...I needed some more clarity, and my artwork and creative process helped me find some resolve or acceptance in these life changes that I had no control over. I think that visual metaphor and dreams are very powerful and can give clues and answers to our individual questions and kind of "put things into perspective". So pick up those art supplies and see what can manifest and materialize. 
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
"Putting things into perspective" with pictures, School horse, 25.5" x 19.5", pastel on paper, 2009
I recently took a good look at this drawing after a couple of years and saw it in a whole new light...I realized what it was about. It's not about accuracy and anatomic model....instead, it's full of personal symbolism. When I shifted gears in my art career, I wanted to paint from "within" and find a true voice, this became kind of a "therapeutic catalyst" for things that I could not understand or express otherwise..Here, I think..I am speaking about my divorce and the mixed emotions and struggles that come with the whole life altering mess...I needed some more clarity, and my artwork and creative process helped me find some resolve or acceptance in these life changes that I had no control over. I think that visual metaphor and dreams are very powerful and can give clues and answers to our individual questions and kind of "put things into perspective". So pick up those art supplies and see what can manifest and materialize. 