Creating artwork that is realistic but loose, expressive as well as meaningful is an ongoing endeavour. What I think about when painting is emphasizing an exciting play of light and shadow, an interesting composition, and enhancing a scene that evokes a deeper meaning or emotion in me. It is my intent that this depth and emotion I feel will also be communicated and resonates with the viewer.
My mother saying her final goodbye to my Father. The hospice room was decorated with images from his life. I tried to give the impression of them moving up and fading away. My Mom followed him about a year and a half later.
To portray the continued renewal and life giving strength the Eucharist provides, I have combined the images of the rose window of Notre Dame and The Empyrean (also called The Celestial Rose) from Dante’s Divine Comedy by Gustave Dore. I hoped to express the mystical confluence of the phyical earthly celebration of the Eucharist and the synchronous celestial celebration.
The deer in the distance is painted from the study en plein air I did after my Mom died. This deer stayed like that staring at me almost the entire time I painted.
Awesome work!!!