Blue Ridge, Daily Painter: Janet Wimmer: March 2015

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Practicing the Presence

Smith Mountain Lake #3 16 x 20 oil $650.

It is hard to capture the colors and the ethereal qualities of a sunset. The definition of ethereal is: relating to the regions beyond the earth, spiritual, marked by unusual delicacy or refinement. How do you capture the Presence of the Spirit? I hope to find out one day when I am actually "beyond the earth" but for the time being, I will continue to practice the Presence!!

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Summer Sun

Smith Mountain Lake #1 16 x 20 oil SOLD

I will be showing my work at the Little Gallery in June so I am working on lake paintings on these cold snowy days! Can hardly wait for the summer sun!

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.