You Wouldn’t Get It

10″ x 10″ Oil on Cradled Panel

$400

This year has been rough and tough, and I thank painting for the safe place to open up and release.  The lyrics to “That’s Life” feel close to the bone at the moment, fresh in my head thanks to this movie, and so beautifully arranged in the powerful film.  I looped them while painting this (self)reflection.

Assembling this was an alla-prima moment that gave me some hope, reminded me that “I Am”.  In many ways, I felt like I was making a self-portrait, very relatable.  The release was a clash of subtlety, love, violence, necessity.

He looks at me and laughs, reminds me to do the same – what am I laughing at,  or who?  Is this “being” disguised in a veil of pigment, or hiding behind it?  We wouldn’t get it,  only the brush speaks truth.