A look back a piece from 2019.
This piece still gives me a feeling of peace and hope. It relies on a lot of glow, and one prominent “googly eye”.
Hand of Fatima
Tag Archive | mixed media
Anxiety
“Anxiety” 10″ x 14″ acrylic on canvas w/ceramic 2011
“Anxiety” was painted in 2011, and speaks to a common experience for many of us. There’s not much more to say about this piece; personifying Anxiety, deifying it, colors so many of our lives. We live in its embrace, or in its shadow. I painted her, myself, hoping that her visage looking back would make her easier to conquer. I don’t think that it did, but here she is. This piece is for sale for $250.
Communion
“Communion” 24″ x 36″ acrylic on canvas w/ceramic details 2011
“Communion” is a piece inspired by love and loving, and by both the effort and rewards in building lasting love between partners over time. Inspired specifically by my relationship with my partner Michael, it also speaks of a profound change in my own understanding of love and loving, intimacy, and what love demands of us as beings seeking fulfillment, value, and nurturing. A larger work at 24″ x 36″, it represents the way love looms large in the human experience, the emotion – as with the footprint of the canvas – being far more vast and encompassing that the enveloped figures seem to require to be visible. This piece is in my personal collection, and is not for sale.
The Art of M. Elisabeth Howell 