Eye to Eye
Watching ~ Listening ~ Learning
In anticipation, what move will we make next?
We may seem to be still, yet in us is all potential
We stand balanced and ready, and in the next moment
We may sigh and relax, or leap into action
THE STORY BEHIND THE ART
I created this painting early in my career at the age of 21, yet it is not the painting you see here. I had just started working with pastel and I had taken a photo of horses lined up at a horse show for the judges. My vision of how I wanted to create their expressions and perspective was different than the photo, and I was challenged at how to accurately depict their faces. Years later, I realized that the horse’s proportions weren’t correct. So fortunately, instead of writing the art off as a failure, I drew again over the same drawing, correcting what had been mistaken. This gave me such freedom in knowing that there is no failure, only potential.