The Need for Warmth
The Need for Warmth
oil and metal leaf on board
24" X 19"
2015
SOLD
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This painting is made with oil on hardboard cradled panel. The black border is made with metallic foil, applied with gilding techniques. The grid is made with Pen-Touch silver ink. The sides of the cradled panel are 1.75" deep.
This painting is inspired by stories of predator animals caring for prey animals. I was especially inspired by the story of Kamuniak, a lone wild lioness who adopted 6 baby antelope in succession. She was so concerned about the babies that she didn't leave them even to go hunting. What surprised me most was how the lion was driven by an emotional need to care for someone else, or to be needed by someone else. I thought this was a very complex feeling to be so important to an animal to the point where the animal would not eat. It exemplified how powerful the need for love is.
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