We have all heard the saying, Get Out of the Box. I am even calling one of my workshops using painting knives (pallet knives) with this title. So when thinking on a self portrait to paint I thought this would be a good idea. I shot a video to look at different angles, then shot a few photos to catch the aspect I was looking for.
This was the unusual part for me. After shooting the images, my first thought was a little morbid, as it appears, a head, cut off, in a box. But the more I looked at the image I knew it conveyed something much deeper to me personally. The feeling of entrapment. Like I had been caged away here in Cincinnati Ohio, where I am now writing this blog post. It was then like a big bang, that I was strongly confirmed about how important getting out and seeing what is going on in our country with the artist segment. And sharing my vision of painting, but more importantly my love and passion for painting.
Funny, I painted it in Okatie South Carolina, an area just before Hilton Head Island, SC, where I was doing one of my workshops for my National Tour.
http://youtu.be/5DDJ0TwPGz0
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