Blue Ridge, Daily Painter: Janet Wimmer: An arrest of attention

Thursday, September 24, 2009

An arrest of attention

Parkway Series #15 12 x 16 oil Sold

Many have tried to define art; few have succeeded. This quote certainly rings true for me. "I feel art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos: a stillness which characterizes prayer, or the eye of the storm. I think that art has something to do with an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction." Saul Bellow

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Treatise on why I create

An artist, musician, craftsman, theatrical director, performer, all know that the human heart longs for truth, goodness, and beauty. If we can create that sense of longing, we capture our audience in the creative experience. In Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz, Frank creates a magical story about longing for home. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is a plea by a young girl to find that place of rest, a home in which to feel safe. St. Augustine said "our hearts are restless until we find our rest in God". Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer, expressed his faith through his music. He sat before a painting of Jesus every day and prayed for an hour before beginning his day. His composition "The Mission" transports the listener to another place, another time, another dimension of reality - an eternal home- a celebration of beauty. My goal in painting is to draw the viewer into a higher sense of reality and to feel that sense of longing and to hopefully realize that longing is ultimately for the eternal home, Heaven.