Blue Ridge, Daily Painter: Janet Wimmer: Artisan Saturday at Explore Park

Friday, June 9, 2017

Artisan Saturday at Explore Park

This is the underpainting for a dog portrait I will be working on tomorrow Saturday June 10th at Explore Park. Come by and visit from 10-3 for the first of three Artisan Saturdays. It is going to be great weather to hike, explore, meet crafters, artists, musicians and eat great food.

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AnonymousJanuary 12, 2018 at 8:59 AM
Wow. Went to school in Lexington. Lived in the valley for years. Beautiful area. Your art is stunning. sbrittle
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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.