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This original oil painting was inspired by my desire to create a woman's face showing the startling response to an epiphany. We all, at one time or another, experience an epiphany in our lives that changes us forever and in that moment of shocking realization we are essentially startled with a very important truth. The expressionist - modernist style of the painting is perfect for any environment. The camera had a difficult time capturing the colors, which are light purples mixed with a blush and mauve. The first primary photo captures the colors the best. The size is also perfect for the wall (framed or unframed). The painting is signed and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
The textures created by the brush strokes and the palate knife give a wonderful movement to the painting. This is meant to show that her spirit is alive. When you look at a Vermeer, you see poetry on canvas. You see a deliberation that leads the eye to a focal point that he has chosen and you see a brilliance with light that is unmatched. You see what the artist is looking at in everyday life rendered spectacularly. With my artwork, everything comes from my imagination. ALL of my faces are created as I paint and nothing in the environment is copied onto the canvas. I draw upon feelings, emotions, past experiences and spiritual conviction to create my art. The focus is not on the subject in the paintings but on the viewer. The subjects in my paintings are almost always staring intently at the viewer. Hence, the focal point in ALL of my paintings are the eyes.
The Artistic Process:
Please know that in my paintings I do not use toxic stains to prime the canvas, harsh solvents when thinning paints, varnishes over the paintings or toxic chemicals. I use costly linseed oil, poppy oil and quality mineral spirits instead of turpentine or other cheap, harsh and toxic solvents to thin my paints and this gives them a brilliant and permanent brightness and shine. My paints are not edible but they are much safer than many types of paints. I do not need to go outside at any stage of crafting my paintings because the air that my sons and I breathe is safe. I care about my family, my customers and the environment very much. This way the paintings can dwell in your homes or offices with you and your family and not release toxins into the air that you breathe over time. I truly believe that the textures, aliveness of colors, brush and palate knife strokes and materials used can significantly improve the viewer's experience with my paintings. An artist can create the illusion of texture with the brush stroke or that artist can make those textures a reality that can be experienced. I primarily paint on canvas with unfinished edges. My edges are unfinished because the paints from the artwork on the edges of the canvas tell a story. You can see what colors I began and ended with and how complex or how simple the color scheme is based on the amount of fingerprints and brush strokes of different colors there are on the edges. Because my paints are very low in toxicity, those paints are ALL over my hands when I am painting. I get so involved in the experience of painting and creating texture within the painting that my hands often touch the paint and that paint transfers on to the sides of the canvas after I involve my hands in the painting and then grab different parts of the edges. I want to be able to do things with the canvas like pulling it very close to me when I am creating a reflection of the surrounding colors into the eyes of the subject. The eyes of the subject are very important to me. They are the windows to the soul of that person that I have created.My paintings come to you sometimes with hardware attached and ready to hang on the wall or in some cases the hardware is not attached. With this painting, the hardware is not attached. I do include a certificate of authenticity with the name Janice Marie Alexander and "Panny" (my nickname) as the artist and this certificate comes to you with all of my paintings.
Thank you very much for viewing and purchasing my artwork. No expense will be spared in packaging my paintings that will travel to you safely and securely. Whether the painting is mailed to a U.S. buyer or has to travel through customs to a far-away destination - my paintings will arrive at your door unharmed. Just know that when you purchase a Panny - a lot of time, experiences and expense went into the artwork.
Please Note: Lighting plays a key role in the viewing experience of this original artwork. The colors are vibrant and intense in sunlight or artificial lighting shining on the painting.