Blue Ridge, Daily Painter: Janet Wimmer: Plein Air Painting at the Peaks

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Plein Air Painting at the Peaks

Parkway Series #395 11 x 14 oil Sold

Parkway Series #360 12 x 16 oil Sold

Parkway Series # 391 12 x 16 oil sold

Parkway Series #390 12 x 1 6 oil SOLD

Last weekend was "Art and Music in the Mountains" at the Peaks of Otter. Painting Saturday until the rain set in and on Sunday, mid morning to late afternoon, I was able to capture the essence of place quickly.

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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.