Watercolor on Paper
Inspirations: Beijing, The Forbidden City, imperial gold and red, Chinese art, dragons
Watercolor on Paper
“Now I have
been slightly shy
and I can smell a pinch of hope
to almost have allowed once fingers
to stroke
the fingers I was given to touch with
but careful, careful
there lies my passion, hidden
there lies my love
I’ll hide it under a blanket
lull it to sleepI’ll keep it in a hidden place
Keep it in a hidden place…”
—Björk
This painting deals more with the internal self, and the body’s symbolic mysteries and organics under the skin…
I’m a participating artist in the upcoming Beautiful Grim charity art show that will be held in San Francisco this spring to benefit cancer. I’ll need to turn in a digital image of my final painting in just 3 weeks, so I am currently visually brainstorming ideas. This watercolor represents one of my first ideas: a brilliant spark of warmth and light in the midst of a canopy of towering walls that encircle everything. I’m not sure if I’ll continue with this theme, but will probably be doing some more watercolor studies over the next week before beginning on the final art. Check out the website to find out more about this show: http://beautifulgrim.org
