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A Heart Filled to the Brim
January 17, 2010
A Heart Filled to the Brim, 36H x 48W x 2D inches, water soluble graphite, acrylics on canvas. On exhibit along with Polypore Fungi February through May at the Oxide Gallery, Denton, Texas
An excerpt from the song, I Don’t Believe by Paul Simon on the CD, Surprise:
I don’t believe a heart can be filled to the brim
then vanish like mist as though life were a whim.
Maybe the heart is part of the mist
And that’s all that there is and could ever exist.
A portrait of Alzheimer’s honoring my Grandmother, my Mother-in-law (whose portrait this is, and whose 80th birthday is in two days), and now recently my own Mother who is in the earliest stages; and with empathy for all those afflicted, including the families dealing with the awful emotional reverberations caused by this disease.
Here are a few websites providing information about Alzheimer’s Disease
http://www.alz.org/index.asp
http://www.alzheimersrxtreatment.com/learnaboutalz.html
http://www.alzheimers.org/
Categories: acrylic painting, Art for sale, graphite, illustration, Issues, pencil, portraits, series, Social Issues, The Human Experience series, waterwash pencils | 4 Comments »
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August 8th, 2009 at 11:06
Powerful doesn’t begin to express what this piece is. The hands alone speak volumes. Your skill with graphite and shading is phenomenal. I like the transparency of it as it stands.
This is going to be an amazing series.
August 8th, 2009 at 11:06
This is a really powerful work just as it is. Please go no farther. I think it’s finished. Somtimes what isn’t expressed in your painting is expressed in the imagination of the viewer. A valuable tool for an artist.
August 8th, 2009 at 11:06
OK – that’s such a good point about leaving things for the imagination. I like the dark graphite figure against the starkness of the background too and was hesitating to add color. Thanks you guys.. I’ll finish the portrait part because her expression appears angry here, and will clean up the white a bit then start another canvas with color, and maybe a few trying different methods with this same image.
August 14th, 2009 at 11:06
Very appropriate that she is surrounded by emptiness or fog. I like the questioning and wonder you have on the face now.