Transcriptions #21: Gratitude Library
Transcriptions #21: Gratitude Library
12" x 24” x 1.5”
Original mixed media painting on canvas
Gratitude Library: After spending several years focused on gratitude, (with 2 published Gratitude Habit journals, and The Gratitude Habit blog, and Facebook page) I wanted to make sure that there was a presence of gratitude within the Transcriptions Series. Gratitude is universally embraced by cultures and religions around the world and has been since ancient times. Incorporated within this painting, are words for gratitude in close to 30 languages.
In designing the wide strip of canvas cloth, I wanted to create multiple strands of threads within the cloth rather than just at the sides. To my delight, each strip of cloth folded up at the bottom corners, in unison. The spaces created by the folds, were perfect for inserting the tiny handmade books. Each one displays a translation for gratitude in a different language.
One of the influences for the look and feel of this painting is from the papyrus plan of the Tomb of Ramesses IV, in Turin's Egyptian Museum.
The sides of the textured and painted gallery wrapped canvas are continued from the front. The signature and date can be found on the side.
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12" x 12" x 3/4”
Original mixed media painting on canvas
Course in Miracles – As I have developed the Transcription Series, I definitely wanted to create a painting with a focus on "A Course in Miracles." There are so many quotes from the course that have stayed with me throughout the years.
I chose to build this painting with a series of folds in the attached canvas cloth and then placed a quote from "The Course" in between each fold. There is also one longer quote that can be found hidden under the cloth itself, on the back canvas. This painting took longer to create than most of the others in the series, partly because each of the folds were hand-stitched to the back canvas.
The sides of the canvas are painted and textured to match the rest of the painting and it is signed and dated on the side.