Turquoise Door

Enlightenment

 Enlightenment

36" x 15"

Unframed $200

Framed $300

 

Framed or Unframed

Unframed $200.00 USD Framed $300.00 USD

This has been a lot of fun working on this painting

with the turquoise door.

It started last year when I found this frame at a flea market.

I loved the frame and even before I bought it,

I sort of knew what I wanted to paint to put in it.

Well, then I couldn't find a canvas that would fit it's odd size.

So I had to stretch my own canvas.

(totally new experience)

I did a sketch of the door one day while my husband was having surgery.

It has changed considerably since then.

It even changed after I drew the sketch on the canvas.

My first drawing did not have the door open.

But then I got this bright idea about having the door open slightly with lots of light pouring in around it. 

Lots of symbolism involving light.

It changed all along the way.

It started out with a dirt path and stones in it,

(stones not shown here)

But to me, it felt more like a creek bed,

so I changed that.

With that dark in the middle of the dirt path it deepens it,

and even after I put the rocks in it, it still had a creek bed look. 

So out cam that path and in went another one.

You can do that in acrylic paint really easily

My goal was to have the door slightly open

with lots of light coming in around it,

even though there is no light source behind it.

I wanted you to think about that.

Where does light come from 

and

how it affects all things around it.

 Including our spirits.

As I painted the trees, bushes and flowers and added the rocks, I tried to keep that light in mind and how it would affect things it fell on.

To me, this painting is somewhat magical.

It's inviting us to come into that light,

just because it's there and we are curious beings.

We would be curious as to what is the source of the light,

what is on the other side of the door,

Why is it coming out the door, but not around the rock wall holding the door?

So many questions,

in a rather odd shaped space.

Please leave me a comment about what you think will happen when you walk through that door.

Maybe we'll write a book!

About the frame,

I know you don't see it.

You don't see it, because I'm still working on it.

It's a heavy carved framed,

but I wanted to lighten it up also. 

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and for taking the time to comment.

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