Blue Ridge, Daily Painter: Janet Wimmer: 17th Green, Ballyhack

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

17th Green, Ballyhack

17th Green, Ballyhack 12 x 24 oil donated to Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway

After touring the course in a golf cart, I chose this green because of the incredible views of the mountains in the background. This painting will be auctioned off at the golf tournament in June to raise much needed funds for the Parkway. Actually I love playing golf as well as painting the undulating terrain of golf courses; maybe I'll do a series of golf courses after my parkway adventure.

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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.