Day 3 : New directions

all the paintings had dried and it was time for me to face them. to evaluate them.

making is the fun part but meaning is what it is all about. 

i lined them all up against the wall and looked at them together. each different than i remembered. some were further along than others but there was one i just had no idea what to do with. that is when you just let it be.

i pulled out my artist journal and started writing down what i saw. as i did this my mind kept circling around two words: ethereal* and celestial**.

all my previous bodies of work have dealt with the terrestrial life. landscape inspired. heavily focused on earth elements.

when i set out to do this body of work i knew i would be jumping of a ledge and now i find myself among air, space, and water. i am anything but grounded and gravity seems irrelevant – floating seems more appropriate.

amid the thoughts and reflection a new direction was found for late bloomer no. 3.

*ethereal : lacking material substance, relating to the regions beyond earth
**celestial : suggesting divinity or heavens, relating to the sky, mythical being