I view the artistic creation solely amidst what is happening within myself from a place of deep stillness.
Having spent a major portion of my life in deep silence, I feel that to look at my art is to look within and reflect upon some aspect of your inner journey. Without strife, without chaos. No! I feel it is my job to transport you to another place and dimension as an artist. Somewhere where the flowers meet the sky and the crashing waves meet the calmness of a long walk in the silent wet forest. Somewhere where the ambient noise is stillness. Serenity.
For this has been my journey. This is what inspires me and drives me. To retreat. Retreat into my inner self and find the colors and magic which speaks 10,000 words without having to say a single one of them.
It is my high water mark I hold myself to. Anything short of that and I don't feel I have challenged myself as an artist of merit. For all can paint, but not all can create a language which is captivating enough to hold your attention span, and inspire you to spend money to see and purchase these works.
It was never enough to only be an excellent painter. I chose to delve as deeply into a world of silent meditation as I could and in doing so have healed my ancestral journey both forward and back into past generations. And I know what it is to live a life of consciousness which allows me to be inspired at any given time. Which allows me to pick up any medium I choose and create a language that is capable of being seen and heard without words.
This has also allowed me to stay in a state of being, in touch with my inner child, and see the magic that remains behind the veil, which is lost as we become adults. And yet I am deeply focused on my children, my business and all the myriad of things that are required to remain relevant as an artist. In many ways, I have found delving inward deeply to remove the chatter of the mind and by basking in the stillness of the soul on a cellular level, I have unlocked a mystery that most have not yet possessed.
And it brings me deep satisfaction to see you, as a viewer, enjoying some aspect of what lies within my being as an artist. And honestly it is as much a mystery to me, as it may be to you, to define, describe or even tell you where it actually comes from. Other than a place within myself that is stillness. And from stillness, I am able to see the visions and language which supercede words and put it into a medium that makes artistic sense.
Thank you for sharing this journey with me,
Russ