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Pegasus gallery has requested a fresh artist statement. So after three tries three days, I have come up with:
Embracing Dragons
I started painting an abstract. Friends saw dragons in it but I never defined them with drawing until recently when I was doing a group of abstracts using the Peace Rose for inspiration. Now I feel free to use the dragon image after a recent discovery:
Our family heirloom vase impressed me so much as a child that it taught me the way I see and express nature. All my paintings express my child within.
Thank you to all of you who have visited my web page and left encouraging comments. I appreciate them very much.
I will be taking a vacation with grandchildren this week and will be back to blogging on July 16.
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3 comments:
Have fun with the kiddies, Diane!
Maybe you could write about the historical connection of painting dragons. Earily China artists used them in narratives. Dragons have been describes as another kind of animal spirits. Dragons are bad in many western cultures, but they tend to be good in eastern cultures. In China, the river spirits are often portrayed as dragons.
Yes, I am having fun playing chess with my 11 year old grandson. And I will take up your suggestion, Camplin. I will write up on the history of the dragon in the West and in China.
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