It was during this painting that something started to…happen. I started to see and respond in terms of painting not drawing. I could feel myself carve rather than render and in that the painting started coming to life. I like how she looks both dimensional and comfortable at once.
Sometimes I wonder why on earth I've taken up this not-at-all-easy task of learning to oil paint. It was during this painting that I realized it's the interplay of science and art that intrigues me, how it's the union of both that is needed to capture beauty. Science and art, light and shadow, Heaven and Earth. It's the union of opposites that makes things whole.
I'm so eager to attend the next life drawing session and build on some of these breakthroughs but I leave tomorrow morning for my final 10 day yoga therapy training in Calgary. And really, it's all the same subject, whether I'm painting someone or helping them heal, it's all about whole-making.
