| "Wonderful
Life"
by Donna Zenz |
| "Wonderful
Life" is one of the first paintings I ever did. My paintings are
almost always completely spontaneous. I have a very difficult
time
when I'm asked to paint something specific. Instead, I purchase
the
canvas (or, in this case, the canvas panel) and keep it around for
awhile.
I love to look at blank canvas and think about all the things that
could
be created. Sometimes I rub my hands over the smooth surface and
pretty soon something just comes to me and I paint. Most of the
time,
it's the color that comes first and I'm never sure exactly what will
evolve.
I love rubbing the paint into the canvas with my hands and fingers and
I almost always use this technique to start a painting.
"Wonderful
Life" started that way.
Trees can be so symbolic of life. My education has been in psychology and one of the tools therapists use is to have the client draw a tree. The more full and detailed the tree is, the more detailed and complex the life of the artist is. "Wonderful Life" came to me with a memory of myself, growing up in the central valley of California. I can almost smell the fresh morning air mixed with the aroma of the ripening grapes on the vines and the moist soil. I can feel the warm sun on my face when I look at "Wonderful Life". ~ Donna Zenz |
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