Blue Ridge, Daily Painter: Janet Wimmer: June 2022

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

It's Always about the Light

Light Study for Parkway paintings 12 x 16 oil $295.

This is a painting I did after seeing a Jed Dorsey video. I love life long learning and I am always interested in how others accomplish their magic on canvas. This "sun burst" technique is fun and creates an incredible glow in the background. It's always about the Light!!!

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.