Time of Reckoning
I have learned to trust when the creative force moves in me and wants to reveal something to me. It is not a comfortable feeling, it is like a compulsion that you can't not do. Or at least not for very long without feeling crazy! Such is the nature of this new painting. As is often the case these days, it begins by recycling an old canvas by glueing down scraps of paper, like written journal pages, torn edges of paintings on paper and sketches and drawings. Then I just begin working over it until something starts to grab my attention and I keep following the pull. It is a way for me to let go of my controlling mind and let the Creative Force move through me unconstrained. It often ends as an amalgamation of divine transmission, intuitive processing and a good dose of collective unconscious influence.
Over the years my art and my process journals look more and more similar. I don't control it as much. I don't have a concept for the painting very often unless it comes like an order from some unseen source. Then I just try and render it as best as I can! Time of Reckoning clearly reveals my heart wrenching reaction to recent social and political events. I don't shy away from darkness anymore. I let it have its say and then see where it goes. It took a long time for me to feel like there was any light or redemption coming into this image. But the visceral, beating, pumping, shining heart showed up just in the nick of time. The message for me is to face this year with both Compassion and Courage for what lies ahead. I don't know what it is, but I can tell I need to be ready for it like never before.
30"x24" Mixed Media with acrylic, molding paste, charcoal and paper collage on stretched canvas. ©Jeanette Amlie prints available at imagekind.com/JeanetteAmlie
Over the years my art and my process journals look more and more similar. I don't control it as much. I don't have a concept for the painting very often unless it comes like an order from some unseen source. Then I just try and render it as best as I can! Time of Reckoning clearly reveals my heart wrenching reaction to recent social and political events. I don't shy away from darkness anymore. I let it have its say and then see where it goes. It took a long time for me to feel like there was any light or redemption coming into this image. But the visceral, beating, pumping, shining heart showed up just in the nick of time. The message for me is to face this year with both Compassion and Courage for what lies ahead. I don't know what it is, but I can tell I need to be ready for it like never before.
30"x24" Mixed Media with acrylic, molding paste, charcoal and paper collage on stretched canvas. ©Jeanette Amlie prints available at imagekind.com/JeanetteAmlie
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