What a joy to simply use energy to paint. I have always had a love affair with Joan Mitchell and this is the second painting where I emulated her style. Painting: Oil, Acrylics, Latex and Oil Crayon on Canvas. Suddenly Admiring Joan Mitchell N☂0181101 Painting by Cheryl Johnson It is that time you take a deep breath, hold it, pause and exhale joy. These are the beautiful ones that make me forget about everything at that given time. Of course, my favorite ones are those I want to make a part of me and treasure and remember always so I paint them in my spirit and then on canvas to try to remember and cherish forever that feeling. Emotions move us to respond and dream, process and create.

Some are painful as a result of loss of love or life or misguided expectations. Sometimes we can capture those moments with a photo – I try to record these beautiful moments so that I can have a memory of this beauty and the amazing emotion I experienced from it.Īll to few, there are many emotions that can spark this feeling. Perhaps it is music I hear, a gesture that I recognize, a smell I find beautiful, the taste of a delicious dish or simply a feeling I get while I am in a beautiful moment. Whether it’s a person I meet, a painting I see, a vista I visit or a space I walk into. There are certain incredible selected moments in my life that take my breath away. All personal, unique and individual moments we experience in creating become others experiences in viewing.īreathless gasping for more. We artists can inspire, challenge, motivate, intrigue, fascinate and move others to emotion and response. When we are open to the spirit of creation, I believe we can accomplish anything. We are all vessels pouring out the energy and love that comes to us daily. It is the divine energy in us all that passes through.

I am an artist because it is an instilled passion as natural as breathing. The calling was always there, tho resting dormant, thru different seasons of my life.

Taste by Cheryl Kahn