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Under the Morning Moon
"Under the Morning Moon" - oil on canvas, 26 x 31.5 x 1. Ready to hang. Available here, at Artfinder and at Bluethumb.
“The main thing is this — when you get up in the morning you must take your heart in your two hands. You must do this every morning.” - GRACE PALEY on growing older.
“The main thing is this — when you get up in the morning you must take your heart in your two hands. You must do this every morning.” - GRACE PALEY on growing older.
I suppose I am at an age where I spend a bit of time thinking about, well, age.
Time seems to run faster the older I get. And quite a few people who once were are no longer. It isn't a morbid dwelling or preoccupation that I have, just a recognition of what time it is (in my life) along with a sense of preciousness.
When Paley's quote crossed my path, a part of me sighed and thought "THIS!" Yes, holding my own heart in my two hands in the morning - it sets me on a path of cherishing the day and myself within it. Mostly. But it is an excellent start to things.
Time seems to run faster the older I get. And quite a few people who once were are no longer. It isn't a morbid dwelling or preoccupation that I have, just a recognition of what time it is (in my life) along with a sense of preciousness.
When Paley's quote crossed my path, a part of me sighed and thought "THIS!" Yes, holding my own heart in my two hands in the morning - it sets me on a path of cherishing the day and myself within it. Mostly. But it is an excellent start to things.
About the art: inspired by some very stylized and abstracted figure suggestions from the AI bot and then rendered with my own particular twist. Beginning with a toned stretched canvas and sketching with loose, liquin-thinned oil paint. Working from the faces outward and using color and highlights to draw the eye to the intimate moment in the center. Carving through wet paint with a very small rubber wedge to create movement in the clothing and background. Resisting the urge to overly define - letting the paint abstract slightly as it moves away from the figures.
So much unspoken story to be plumbed here in UNDER the MORNING MOON, so much mystery.
Enjoy every minute! They go by so fast!