1. natural light
2. interior light
2. interior light
3. mixed uv and interior light
4. uv (black) light
5. no light (glow in the dark)
Ingredients: acrylic, candle wax, crushed glass, phosphorescent pigments, water & light on canvas.
So a friend that I've known since I was 5 moved into a beautiful big new house with beautiful empty walls and asked me to create original artwork for their living room.
::panic::
Not really.
Actually, I love doing commissions, especially when I know the person in question well (meaning their style) and I can see the house it will be hanging in frequently before starting the work. I remember once it was decided, I began looking at all the details around the house, trying to absorb absolutely everything about it. The windows, the ceiling, the accent colors, the floor, the rooms down the hallway, the kitchen, the backyard. It was all important.
I'm very intuitive in that way. It's one of my favorite things to do. I wanted to work with the space it would live in, as well as the family that would view it. Kristen & Greg have a lot of warm colors in their home, with certain rooms having red walls, certain rooms with buttery yellow walls, and all with beautiful hardwood floors. There were little accents of teal throughout the house, which stood out to me most. It seemed natural to work with that color to balance the rest, and to fill an otherwise empty pale yellow wall with a truly explosive color.
Most importantly, I wanted them to like it, and I wanted to feel proud of it since I would be seeing it fairly often. Although this did create an intense pressure to work under, I feel it brings out my best abilities. There's no way I would have given it to them if I didn't think I'd met all of my personally strict criteria in creating it.
I think it's one of the most unique pieces I've made in my entire career.
Oh. And here's what I wrote on the canvas beneath the paint: :)
I haven't even told them it's there yet. And no one will ever see it, but I just love knowing that little details like that exist.
♥
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