brushstrokesbyleemitchelson
brushstrokesbyleemitchelson
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Every day, I think about what matters most to me. Family is a given. Being an artist who brings joy to others, and uses art to fund protection of animals and our Earth- home.
I am fortunate in having my art owned by some very well known people in this world, and to have been given some incredible tasks as an artist which I felt honored to do. But what I value most of all is to have found a way to be useful, through my paintings. I use my art to focus on animal protection, and to raise funds for the betterment of their lives.
I taught myself to do animal art. With other art, I had some excellent mentoring and a small measure of formal art education. My goal with all of it is to create an emotional response in the viewer, that they to react to my work in some enlightened way. Joy is the goal, for me personally, as an artist. I want it to show in my work. Painting is a torrent of emotion for me, my eternal quest for resonance, passion, and lyrical simplicity. There is a shimmer of energy in the natural world and everything that lives in it. If I can capture that in a painting, it gives me a sense of accomplishment. To me, capturing the love and spiritual connection between humans and animals is of great meaning for me.
I will be doing some animal sculpture again. I used to do clay masterworks for porcelain reproductions. I have a natural-element substance I would like to use to create some animal sculptures. That, and getting back to landscape painting, are part of my plans. Years ago it was my honor to go out and paint en plein air with master landscape artist, Karl Albert. Karl was a painting pal to Edgar Payne when he was young, and Sam Hyde Harris. Karl was a wise painter and I learned so much from him. It inspires me to take off my commission-painter hat for a time and get back to what I need to do.
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