Saria En Regarde Painting

This piece was created mostly with 'watercolor' paints I've made myself. I used non toxic, powdered pigments mixed with gum arabic and honey to create a palette of 40 colors. The paint is thicker and much more opaque than store boughten watercolor paints. Nevertheless, this is a fairly traditional watercolor recipe which yields a lovely paint. I've started to paint standing up at an easel some of the time. This paint is thicker and works better than typical more watery watercolor paint on a vertical surface. :) I'm mainly looking at expanding my posture horizons and several bonuses have come about with working vertically. It's much easier to move around a large painting when its on a wall! Etc etc. Find out more about me and my work at www.mikebiskup.com. Some more basic info follows... Love is Real - Mike Biskup I create imaginary landscapes and abstractions with watercolor and India ink. In my paintings, everything flows together. Diverse colors, lines and shapes - People, places, plants and things are woven into one harmoniously functional ecosystem. I want to subtly remind viewers that we humans, in all our diversity, are essentially interconnected, and with thoughtfulness, can function together harmoniously as well. How I work... When I start a painting, I turn on some music, sit down with a blank sheet of paper and choose whether to begin with black ink, watercolor paint, or masking tape. I rely on improvisation and a stream of consciousness approach to let my life's experiences bubble up and flow out as shapes and lines, colors and textures. Anything I've seen or experienced through the years may come forward. I let my work flow and I am most happy when the work seems to create itself. Whatever takes shape is OK with me. I relish surprises. After each layer of paint, ink or masking tape, I stand back. I watch. I wait. Sometimes I wait days, weeks, or even years to add another layer. This process of painting and contemplation is always happening in my studio with many different pieces in many stages of completion. Why I paint… After nearly three decades of making and showing paintings, I have recently come to understand my role as that of an Artist/Shaman as elucidated in the work of Joseph Campbell. Briefly, this means to me, that my job is to share my visions of an interconnected, peaceful and beautiful world with others. I have created a life mission to help guide my actions: I create a world of unity and justice by generously sharing my visions of Oneness. My work is an exploration of what Buddhist Monk, Thich Nhat Hanh has called ‘Interbeing’. “If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow; and without trees, we cannot make paper. The cloud is essential for the paper to exist. If the cloud is not here, the sheet of paper cannot be here either.” - Thich Nhat Hanh.

Painting:Watercolor on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:24 W x 18 H x 0.1 D in

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