I screen documentaries for the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival in Hot Springs, Arkansas and I get a lot of inspiration from these films. This year’s batch of films is no different, it inspired me to create this piece. This is a 24″ x 30″ mixed-media piece. I primarily used water-soluable oils, but mixed in some water colors on the heart.
Speak your heart March 24, 2009
Salt of the Earth March 24, 2009
This painting is called “Salt of the Earth”. It’s a 16″ x 20″ mixed media piece that was inspired by an article I read in “Smithsonian Magazine”. The article was entitled “Africa on the Fly” and it showcases photographer George Steinmetz‘s images he captured as he paraglided over Africa. One image that I found particularly striking was of a salt-making site at the village of Teguidda-n-Tessoumt in arid northern Niger. I used brown paper packing material around the edges of the circles and layered paint in the circles, then scraped it out with a pallet knife.
