Last night I had a dream in which I saw an old house. Recently we traveled to Ohio to visit my sister and brother-in-law. On the way back we got off the main highway as we often do when traveling and saw a number of old farms and buildings. We passed a house like this but in my dream the house was more elaborate and more mysterious as if it might be deserted but maybe people were still around to use it in one way or another, so this painting is more what I saw in my dream than in reality.
My idea of a painting is that the artist shows what he/she sees and feels rather than a duplication of the visual data as a camera might see. Once when I stopped to sketch and photograph an old building my friend said, “I don’t know what you see in that old thing”. Later when she saw the painting I did, she said, “Oh, now I understand what you saw”. I believe a work of art should let you see through the artists eyes rather than what you would see on your own. It should put you into the artist’s head to get a vision other than your own. This image then exists partly in reality and partly in imagination.
Elaboration of an Old House 5" x 7" acrylic on board unframed
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