Summer Paintings

This summer, for me, has easily been the best, and then the worst, and then the best again.  A lot of changes going on emotionally for myself and those close to me. The following series of paintings, having been created as pseudo-art-therapy, demonstrate the emotional turmoil my life has been recently.

Misfiring
12" x 12"
Acrylic on Canvas

So full of energy, this painting expresses my feelings of anticipation associated with my relationship ending. To simply know that something is best for you is not always enough, and that conflict between love of self and love of other exists here. Excitement at the idea of freedom from judgement, jealousy, and the like... but it is coupled with tension and fear at relinquishing the bond you hold so dear.  I think, for such a sad subject and so many sad thoughts involved, it is rather pretty on the surface.

Photosynthesis
16" x 20"
Acrylic on Canvas
This piece is all about learning and growing.  It was made at the most crucial of times in the breaking of two souls... the time where you both know the end is nearing and neither of you can speak to each other.  It is a time for self-realizations.  As Steven realized he no longer wanted me in his life I created this image of growing, of eyes opening. In the detail you can observe that all the eyes are welled with and dripping translucent tears...

In this way they cry silently, as I did in this time of learning and awakening. 

 Icarus Me
16" x 20"
Acrylic and Dimensional Fabric Paint on Canvas

The next in the series speaks, rather literally, to my desire to "spread my wings" and find my place in the sun. Oddly enough, the phrase "a place in the sun" is very reminiscent to me of an episode of the old Nicktoon Rugrats, and this was on my mind a lot as the painting came about.  It roughly speaks to following your dreams and ambitions, even when the world appears to be falling apart around you.  In my case, it is not the wax of my wings that is melting but the very sky I attempt to fly through.

 Graceless
~10.5" x 10"
Charcoal, Acrylic, and Dimensional Fabric Paint on Canvases

The last in the series (for now) show's my period of relapse into depression post-romantic apocalypse. I think visually it pretty well encapsulates how I had been/still occasionally do feel. The title comes from a Dave Matthew's song, Grace is Gone.  It was certainly a song I was hearing a lot of at that time, and I think the simplicity of the lyrics, "she broke my heart, my grace is gone," was what resonated with my emotional state so much.  I was falling and coming apart all at once, and without any grace to speak of. 

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