Artwork by Jan Rowland

I paint and I daydream

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So much of my time is spent daydreaming.

 

Why is this part of my creativity? Our subconscious and conscious minds often seek a dream-like middle space where the folly and sense of life can wrestle and cogitate, a place to let the mind wander and process. It is here that my art is found.

 

I use reflected images and often shadowy figures, seeking the stillness where creativity occurs and intuition takes over for maybe just a short time. Double reflections or triple reflections even quadruple reflections all amaze me and I am entranced. I try to capture them in my paintings and bring another dimension to my world.

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I paint at City line Studios where I work creatively with an art community. We are attached to Friendship Heights Community Center.  Our studio is a refuge for the creative soul to get absorbed in art. I want to reach beyond the limits to go beyond the obvious and enter an invented world.

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So how do I begin my artwork and spend my time.

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I paint and I daydream

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Sir John Gilbert: "Paintings are loopholes of escape to the soul, leading it to other scenes and spheres, where the fancy for a moment may revel, refreshed and delighted. Paintings are consolers of loneliness and a relief to the jaded mind and a window to the imprisoned thought, they are books, histories and sermons." from Composition of outdoor painting by Edgar Payne

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Henry Ward Beecher-Stow: " Every artist dips his brush into his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures."

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