"Lion's Point". That's the name I heard today as I finally completed this one which I've been nurturing for weeks. I've been in a weird season, not actually painting much. It's been a month(…..) for other creative endeavors; the move from the gallery and another big project that I can't tell you about quite yet, but it's almost time. In this admittedly stressful season, I've been retreating to this painting letting it have a way of nurturing me right back. (Painting is the healthiest thing I can do sometimes.) I sensed that this painting was going to serve as a threshold-a means to lead me into a new... idk…something? Series? Season? This painting represents the separating of what was from what will be, and then today as I completed it, I heard the title. It landed on my heart, heavy as the weight of this palette. Not in a dark way, but a weighty way that is similar to these colors; bold and undeniable. It was striking.
A lion is fierce with courage and faith, and this art is making a lion's point. But, I also look at it as a place, a geographical point called "the lion's point"; a peninsula jetting out into the open water; a threshold made of earth. I've been nurturing my cloud craft as well as my career in general. I've been in a season of cultivating courage, of trusting truth and believing in it, fearlessly. Today this painting came forth with affirmations of courage. I believe this painting to represent the courage it takes to lead a creative life. May it inspire you to be beautifully bold; unexpectedly bright.
sho, august 29,2022