
For several reasons, it is bittersweet for me when I finish a painting. First one
being that I paint rather slowly, so I really get to be with the images for a while and when I am finished, the energy shifts. But in the meantime, I have gotten used to it being in my heart and head and when the conversation has fallen silent, I begin to let go…like parting from a dear friend. Sometimes it is easy, sometimes it isn’t.
This is the first one I have finished that I don’t have a title for. Usually the title shows up first or at the same time as the image…or certainly within the first few days of working on it. And it was that way with this one until half way through. I started to see it drift away, like watching clouds as they come together and make a lizard or a rearing horse and then disappear back into the blue. So while I thought
I had a title, I don’t. For right now, I figure I would just let it be and one will land soon. I am just happy with the final image.
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July 6, 2009 at 5:49 pm
thedeeperwell
Martha,
I loved how you described to me today how sharing your thoughts and images on this blog is giving life to more creative impulses and ideas. Part of this could be that as we give away or share what is inside, via thoughts, feelings and/or images, it makes room for more to show up and find a space for being born. There is more to being an artist than just “painting a picture.”
I was moved when I saw this painting in person, and still, as it appears on its “new painting” blog post gallery wall. The horse has a solid gorgeous, green pasture to rest and the woman sleeps secure, floating on air. Don’t know which I’d rather be, the woman or the horse?
Keep painting and forget about the speed of the brush stroke.
from Elsah, AKA thedeeperwell
July 9, 2009 at 6:46 am
Kay Packard
Martha, Simply amazing. Your painting stirred the nameless within me. Thank you for sharing your creations on line. It’s inspiring because it comes from such a deep space of Life! – k
July 9, 2009 at 9:44 am
Yvette
It’s just beautiful. I’m so happy for you.
XOOO
Love you.
September 7, 2009 at 1:41 am
Chris S
Thank you for sharing your work
Your letting go process is so familiar, I could truly understand the shift in the energy.
May 17, 2011 at 6:42 pm
MakieDoll
Absolutely amazing. Beautiful, serene, dream-like and thought-provoking. I love it!