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Transformation II

2/17/2020

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Transformation II
"Transformation II" - mixd media on wood panel, 16" x 19".  Available here and at Artfinder..

It seems a wee bit early to be thinking of planting flowers and wearing sandals here in the Pacific Northwest....and yet - blooms are everywhere, songbirds are celebrating and the process of transformation has begun.  No worries, we aren't really in sandals. :) But sunglasses in February here is a rare and wonderful thing.

So it seems to follow that this piece would appear after one hundred thousand layers of paint (a slight, but only a slight, exaggeration).
This weekend, we spent a lot of time with Barbara Rae and her paintings of the Northwest Passage.   Color, texture, collage and shadowy figures.   Her influence on what I see has already begun.  She takes the mood of Ornulf Opdahl  and turns it into a feast of vibrant color and delicious abstraction.

But let's take a minute to dwell in the promise of spring and new beginnings with the wisdom of Irish poet John O'Donohue:

Though your destination is not yet clear
you can trust the promise of this opening;
unfurl yourself into the grace f beginning
that is at one with your life's desire

     _ from "For a New Beginning" from the book To Bless the Space Between Us

Thank you to everyone for all the stories of LOVE in response to last week's Valentine blog post!  Keep 'em coming!  The winner will be drawn Wednesday evening and announced this Thursday.  
8 Comments
Carl Stoveland
2/17/2020 01:06:58 pm

Tha is a stunning painting Jen!

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jen
2/17/2020 01:19:25 pm

Carl! Thank you! This is what came of the abstracted landscape start I shared with you last week.....whoa.

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Carolyn L
2/17/2020 01:52:29 pm

Like Wow! I have been following a free workshop with Nicholas Wilton online at Art2Life - today's was on value and with yours and the references of Barbara Rae and Ornullf Opdahl, my eyes were like WOW! I am really seeing this! Thank you sweet friend! I might not ever be able to produce a worthy abstract, but I can certainly see it more clearly!

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jen
2/17/2020 01:58:56 pm

Carolyn! YAY! So happy you are taking a workshop and contemplating abstraction! And that Rae and Opdahl are helping you "see"!!! It is half of what we do as painters, right? See and paint. Equally. You got this!!

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Dotty Seiter link
2/17/2020 01:57:30 pm

"I am changing for the better right on the spot, right in front of myself, like the chrysalis who had no idea, who was resigned to the cocoon until he got the wings." Elizabeth Berg, JOY SCHOOL.

I love the invitation of your painting and post to embrace change and growth, to trust in that which we might not be able to see as possible in a given particular moment.

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jen
2/17/2020 02:00:14 pm

Dotty! OMG! Your quote is perfect....thank you. Trusting what we cannot yet see seems to be a theme, yes? Big hugs to you, sweet friend!

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Carol Edan link
2/19/2020 09:33:24 am

Great negative painting really brings out the butterfly! Yes, lets spread our unseen wings!

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jen
2/20/2020 11:14:08 am

Carol! Thanks, lady! Wings unfurling as I type....

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