Blue Ridge, Daily Painter: Janet Wimmer: March 2023

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Painted Violins

Parkway Series #501 oil front of Violin @ milepost 372

Craggy Pinnacle Tunnel

donated to Roanoke Symphony Orchestra Fundraiser

Parkway Series #502 oil Back of Violin @ milepost 110

donated to Roanoke Symphony Orchestra fundraiser

I never tire of trying to capture the Beauty of Light. This milestone of 500 paintings posted on my blog is a challenge I will definitely continue. My next goal is 750! Thanks to God for the inspiration, the skill, and the ability to still paint the Beauty of His Creation!!!

Winter Reflections

Parkway Series # 499 12 x 16 oil $350.

Even though we have not had any snow this year , I reworked an old painting that was a summer creek. It is fun to look back at old paintings that failed miserably and bring them to life again.

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.

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Painted Violins

The Beauty of Light

Winter Reflections