Painting-A-Day: May 19, 2015

Acrylic on Archival Gessobord with 3/4" Birch Sides, 12 x 12". Ready to hang!

I've been adding to this painting, originally posted on July 30, 2015. This painting has more actual texture than any of my other paintings to date. There is a metallic copper paint on netting in the four corners and a hand made paper as the cross, showing the copper underneath. I've always been so drawn in by copper, it's beautiful red-brown color. An important chemical property of copper is the way it reacts with oxygen. In moist air, it combines with water and carbon dioxide. The product of this reaction is called hydrated copper carbonate and this gives it the turquoise/aqua patina. It's that transition of color that I love. There is a beauty in it that surpasses just the red-brown. I've been reading two books lately that seem to be coming at the same idea, that being change or transformation that can ironically lead to great beauty. One is Richard Rohr's The Naked Now and the other David Brooks' new book The Road to Character. You may have noticed that people seem to be averse to change. We dig in our heels and hold onto anything permanent with all of our might. Kicking and screaming we go. But the Universe, God, is all about change. Our whole existence is about constant change. The thing is, there can be great beauty in change, if we are brave enough to dive in and learn from it. I didn't say it wouldn't be scary, or painful or hard, but even in times of suffering, good can come.

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