I love hearing your honest, clear voice. I love to hear about your artistic explorations.
But tell me one thing— in the second image I see a greyhound with three legs. Is this the subject of the painting? Is the dog partially hidden? I don't understand how this environment hides this dog. A deformed animal raises a lot of different feelings in me. Animals, unless they are in pain or unable to keep up with their group, don't seem to mind. Frida Kahlo is famous for painting her own deformities. The idea of "deformity" when examined, reveals our minds. Yet I don't believe that this painting of a three-legged greyhound is about a deformity. Rather, I feel that something tricky is going on, and I feel unbalanced— yet I have confidence in that greyhound, that the dog is agile and surefooted nonetheless, because that is its spirit. A spirit-animal.
Hi Diana, you are very observant. I painted this image with a photo reference. I do believe the dog has 3 legs, but that in no way injures her elegance. A wonderful capacity that animals can have that we do not. Of course it is a cared for animal, so the three legs are not a disadvantage. I didn't mean for there to be any special significance-only that the three leggedness doesn't matter.
I love hearing your honest, clear voice. I love to hear about your artistic explorations.
But tell me one thing— in the second image I see a greyhound with three legs. Is this the subject of the painting? Is the dog partially hidden? I don't understand how this environment hides this dog. A deformed animal raises a lot of different feelings in me. Animals, unless they are in pain or unable to keep up with their group, don't seem to mind. Frida Kahlo is famous for painting her own deformities. The idea of "deformity" when examined, reveals our minds. Yet I don't believe that this painting of a three-legged greyhound is about a deformity. Rather, I feel that something tricky is going on, and I feel unbalanced— yet I have confidence in that greyhound, that the dog is agile and surefooted nonetheless, because that is its spirit. A spirit-animal.
Hi Diana, you are very observant. I painted this image with a photo reference. I do believe the dog has 3 legs, but that in no way injures her elegance. A wonderful capacity that animals can have that we do not. Of course it is a cared for animal, so the three legs are not a disadvantage. I didn't mean for there to be any special significance-only that the three leggedness doesn't matter.