Saturday "My Chaos, My Calm" Christina Michelle Ehlinger
Sunday "Poppies by Candlelight" Diane Millsap
Art of the Day: 12/21/2006
This Week's Theme:Candles
In our modern world, using candles to illuminate our day to day lives is a rare occurrence. We have sources of bright, efficient light to see and work by. But still we seek a candle's glow for beauty, for ritual and to create that magical atmosphere an electric light simply cannot.
Media:Oil on Canvas Dimensions:28 x 22 Date of Work:February 2005
This is a piece which represents the contrast of fire and water. The lit candles through a rainy window are meant to show the heat of the flame coupled with the cool of the rain. I tried to show a conflict of two elements in this painting.
