September 28, 2015

September 28, 2015

I have told you that I wanted to cover as many of the 60s musical genres as I could, as well as certain artists.  It was not easy to find music that could be illustrated for some of my favorites.  The Rolling Stones were especially difficult.  Some of my favorite songs just did not have appropriate images for my type of art—or Springfield.  Think about the lyrics to ‘I Can’t Get No Satisfaction,’ ‘Get off of my Cloud, or ‘Jumping Jack Flash.’  I listen to Sirius 60s in the studio and one day they played ‘She’s a Rainbow.’  EUREKA!  I saw a girl wearing a rainbow of color.  I painted her standing on a rock overlooking the ocean.  The background is all done in grey tones so that she comes alive on the canvas.  Her caftan is painted with Twinkling H2Os, watercolor paints that have mica in them so they shimmer.  I use these paints for a lot of my painted book pages.  The shimmer adds a richness and vibrancy to the paper.  I hope to see you on opening night, October 17 (5:30-7:30).  If you cannot attend opening night, please come by during gallery hours through December 3.  (Prairie Art Alliance Gallery, Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL).