A painting invites us into contemplation. Art arrests attention, it is an important service to the heart, the center of our emotions-the soul. The painting process is very humbling and I have always been appreciative of how much I am moved by the process of creating.
Small Oil
Cheryl Johnson: Small Oil Painting: 16'x20' The size of the artwork forces one to go in and really look. “Smaller beckons: get close, touch, relate – they inspire a reduction of the psychic distance between one thing and another; between people and things” – from the book and philosophy: “Wabi Sabi”