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Solitude

Medium:

Oil, acrylic, gold leafing, collaged fiber, and bathtub caulking on gallery-wrapped canvas

Dimensions:
30"w x 40"h

Edge Treatment:
Gallery-wrapped edges are hand-painted, and adorned with bits of collaged fibers. No framing necessary.

Framing:
Unframed

Price:
$2,500

Original available for purchase:
Yes

Available in Giclee:
Yes

 

   
   
   

About the Painting:

This painting is my attempt at an unsolvable, artistic social study. It is a visual representation of both the joys,and pains, of being alone.

I think most true artists can relate to this: an inherent need built into us - a requirement for solitude. We must have it to survive. We must be alone with our own head to process, imagine,devise, create. Personally, I treasure these windows of alone-time immeasureably. I love to hunker down in my private studio, and not come up for air for weeks - or until I have run out of groceries, toilet paper, or dog food.

On the flip side, there is a deep sadness/ emptiness which resonates within me from time to time, It is a feeling of being entirely alone in a complex head, and creative world, that only I understand. It is an enigma to me. My current life is anything but alone. It is packed people - close friends, business associates, clients, acquaintances, who are dear to me, including the fantastic man I love.

It is an emotional phenomenon that continues to elude me.