Let the Colors Dance

It's 3:00 am and I am finally

leaving the studio

had a painting in my head for a year

number ten in a collection of nine.

My Magnetic Women,

is a combination of loose

spontaneous brush strokes

(opposite of the tightly lined

Wild Women illustrations)

with words resembling

magnetic poetry

that have a hidden meaning

funny or...?

The paintings are large

on wood with acrylics

and crayons scribbles

and probably my best work...

But the process terrifies me...

I don't have any control

and I can't guarantee it will be successful.

With a Coffee shop reception

tomorrow evening,

it was important

to create something new

and right away...

I circled the drawing for

hours before gaining the courage

to begin at 12:00am.

It took the music,

in the quiet,

the undisturbed

night,

tentatively, wavering over

the first few brush strokes

knowing it would be a fleeting

capture of intuition and instinct

needed to know what first,

and then what next

never knowing what truly

happens in these paintings,

I have to trust...

So I let go and let the brush

make the colors dance,

tell the story...

as the images took shape

the power that flooded me

was astonishing,

made my heart sing

and I thought this is why

I am an artist

this is why I create

for this single moment of

being the conductor

in an ochrestra of hues and light.

Even if your not an artist but

feel inclined I would recommend

a late night, some wine and a blank

white landscape, a brush,

globs of paint...

and dance!

Below are pics of the painting

in progress. Because I too was

curious to see how it would involve!

She knew it was time to get off but she just wasn't ready!!

Pam Piper Rain

To see my other Magnetic Women

www.piperrainpress.com