Blue Ridge, Daily Painter: Janet Wimmer: Come Alive!

Sunday, April 28, 2019

Come Alive!

Blue Ridge Parkway Series #477 12 x 16 oil Sold

"Oh these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, days in whose light everthing seems equally divine, opening a thousand windows to show us God" John Muir. The light glows in blues, pinks, purples and greens as the mountains come alive in the Spring. That same Light brings life to the soul who searches for and comes alive to the Truth of Creation.

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UnknownJanuary 9, 2021 at 10:29 PM
Any chance that you offer this as a print on canvas? So beautiful!
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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.