Man in Motion 07/24/2011
The second in the Identity series. I have asked several people to participate by selecting objects that they had some definitive relationship with. The first was Patrick and his trumpet (The Musician) but there's more...more than an object and a person. We have relationships with objects in ways that I feel symbolize our hidden relationships with ourselves. Patrick's mother called me to suggest that the next time I paint him, paint him smiling. It's what a mother wants, a son to be a ease in all his endeavors but this is not life, is it? My mother would have said, "Next time you paint him paint him crying." I have to go beyond both of these sentiments. I want to see the pensiveness, the waiting, the butterflies, the excitement, the engagement, the depth that seeps through. Here is Kevin as the Man in Motion. This has been very challenging. I asked Kevin to select objects that he felt strongly about. Kevin is a renaissance man with his hands in everything. When he wondered how all of these objects would work, Wendy (his wife) suggested that maybe he should have eight arms. Even though I took plenty of pictures there were many things that I didn't take into consideration. I like to find my way with the drawing. Sometimes I'm very disappointed that the drawing disappears under the painting. In this painting the drawing has to remain loose in order to keep the feeling of motion. I must stop before it becomes stagnate. Wish me luck. CommentsLeave a Reply |
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