Blue Ridge, Daily Painter: Janet Wimmer: Mystery

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Mystery

Parkway Series #5 12 x 16 oil Sold

As I was trying to find a way to express my thoughts, I remembered this quote from Francis Bacon. "The job of the artist is to always deepen the mystery." Using too much detail in a painting takes away the joy of imagination and mystery. I'm beginning to simplify the image; it will be interesting to see how far into abstraction I will go.

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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.