Blue Ridge, Daily Painter: Janet Wimmer: The Voice Within

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

The Voice Within

Parkway Series #4 12 x 16 oil Sold

While working on this series of paintings, I am listening to my heart. My response to the visual field of which I am a part lets me know what image to photograph. The sensory smorgasbord sometimes seems overwhelming but more and more frequently, I am finding my heart strings being pulled by color contrasts, value patterns and the abstract shape of shadows. My search continues for a personal style. I believe after a year of daily painting, I will find my personal style by listening to the Voice within.

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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.