The Well
This was the second piece from the Bleeding Cloak. The only similarities is that it was in the same 48 x 48 inch wood panel, the difference is that the color palette was based from a foggy view of Chicago city view, and the whole imagery was from my mind, with no prototypes. I wanted to use more fabric than before which I brought out a big roll of vintage fabric I got at the vintage mall in Valley, Alabama (my favorite playground!). To be honest I did not know the final imagery was going to be a close connection to the original photograph narration, which was the story of the woman who met Jesus at the Well in Samaria. The dripping paint was something I did unconsciously over and over again and it happened here also. And seeing the dripped paint on her shoulders on the fabric gave me a push to make that drips more dramatic and emotional. By printing the front hand again and sticking in front of the fabric made her come out of the surface, which made me paint over the tips of the landscape to give that magical, foggy, amazon-looking, background that I love.
This work is very meaningful because I have drawn out the exact same story from the photograph, into a mixed media form. The story remains the same, but the medium changed and it brings different reactions. Depending on how you see, she may be in the midst of salvation, or right before receiving the water of living life. Also it was fascinating to see how elegant the work turned out with the color palette of cityscape, which I do not like too much (I am such a suburb girl). The expansion of colors are just unlimited.
Coincidently, I had been working with a clothing design lab in Atlanta to prepare for my boutique. This was my second sample, and I did a two piece. With school I did not have time to surf the fabric store but I realized I had much fabric left in the roll, and took it to the lab for the second sample. And I realized before returning to Tulsa that I have a matching outfit with my artwork. How stunning!
