I’m putting the finishing touches on my big guitar for the Orillia “Guitars On Parade” Celebration. The unveiling of all 50 Guitars will take place in downtown Orillia on June 26th starting at 10:30am. The guitars will be on display and most of the artists will be on hand to answer questions and schmooze. There will be music and festivities and the street will be closed to traffic so if you are in the area please come out!
There will be a chance to vote for your favorite guitar… 5 artists will receive a “People’s Choice Award”… So vote for me! and I’ll be your best friend! 😛
Here’s a sneak peek at the front of my guitar… this is from yesterday… it’s crunch time so things are moving along quite a bit every day… I will be delivering the guitar on Saturday so there will be a lot of activity over this final week I’m sure!
My design is called Siren… and is an expression of my own experience making art and music… My Muse is a Siren… beckoning me at times… and when I “hear” the call I cannot deny the the allure and I must submit. She is a woman… because the experience of creating is a feminine thing… I give myself over and allow myself to be lost in the process.
I find painting is more about the process than about the finished “piece”… the final work is a record of the process. The process involves “finding” the form… layering… shading… modelling the shapes…
Large pieces, like this, are a full body experience… allowing for large emotional brush strokes… but sometimes tiny movements are required and invoke a very concentrated and almost meditative state…
