Rebel Rebel

Rebel Rebel 1mx 1.5m canvas in oils

unfinshed in pics...waiting for some good light...will post asap...
A painting would usually take me a few weeks to a few months,

this one took a day.
i needed to get all these emotions out of me, so i threw them on a canvas, melted into it, getting totally lost in my painting...

its raw, and its probably my best work yet.
now i understand, that it doesnt have to be about painting a symbol, or a flower, or a nude....

its about how the painting feels, how it vibrates out to the veiwer, the energy that enimates. i knew this... now i TOTALLY GET IT!
This is my experience, its my emotions smeared around in colour, its

my hurt, my pain, my release, my love.

it was never meant to be about him ... yet its all about him

Inspiration came...

Painting was high on my agenda today, as only a week of school holidays remain. My aim over the holidays was to paint and paint and paint and catch up with my art journal for tafe, my intentions have been good but it just hasn't happened as planned.

I did a bit more work on the dancing soul painting, and i just got so frustrated, i have the look of it in my head, and getting out thru the brush and on to the board is proving to be very challenging.

So... i went for a walk along the beach to shake off that self doubt stuff and think about the what, why and hows to do with the my painting.

I asked the great spirit for a bit of inspiration...

I came home, fed the ducks, and turned around to see the most beautiful clouds!

My heart raced, i was so excited, ran in to grab the camera to snap this shot.

Now, i just have to work out how to illuminate my painting like that!

Sure is pretty!

I Thank the Great Spirit for the beauty i see around me, and my inspiration.