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February 12. That is the day of my next show temptation6 put together with art6 (I know, you are dying to know about art6, and it will all come in good time).
Because it is a Valentine’s theme show, I decided that the name and content of my new series of paintings had to be somehow related, to love, sex, passion, friendship, sex, love, sex, passion, love, passion, love, dagger-through-the-heart type feelings…you get the point. so after much deliberating, actually, not true, it really just came to me, I thought…hmmm why not call it SECRETS ?
I sat in traffic thinking about it, while my kids begged for a cookie, while at the studio, in the middle of the night, during dinner, at my physical, getting the mail, at the grocery store…In any case, I needed to come up with a way of getting inspired for this. I personally have no love secrets, I’ve been happily married for 17 years and with the same man since I was 19 years old for a whopping total of 23 (or something like that) of my 43.…hell, I don’t remember almost anything before then anyway! so what the hell was I to do? where was I going to get inspiration and ideas? I knew I wanted it to be legitimate, to be real, to be touching and to move me.
I decided to open a website for people to tell me their secrets. On Facebook and flickr. I was amazed. So many responses so far. So touching. Some happy, some sad, some that I just want to invite these people (who I have no idea who they are ~It’s anonymous ~ hell, it could me my Mom..ok not my mom, but anyone!) to my house and make them tea and sit with them while I pat them gently on the head to comfort them. So many heartbreaks, some of them actually making me shed a tear or two. I almost wanted to become a love advice columnist, but who am I kdding? I have no credentials and don’t know shit, anyway….
It was like a boom inside. I really got inspired and couldn’t wait to make it to the studio and try a few things.
My new series have other people’s love secrets, with some hidden messages and a lot of stuff to look at, still abstract..but isn’t love abstract anyway? I’m not sure I want to debut all of them until the temptation6 show in February, but here is a sneak peak at some of them in progress. Only one is finished, and yes, I paint 5 or 6 at the same time, rotate between all, and really helps things flow….but I’ll save that for another day.
Thank you to all of you who have contributed a secret, and if you haven’t what are you waiting for? Tell me!!
One Response to "shhhhhh…so many secrets"
another great entry – keep it up!
excited about the new series – can’t wait until it’s unleashed!