Saturday, June 11, 2011

Outside My Comfort Zone



Yes...this was totally out of my comfort zone. My son commissioned me to do a painting for his upcoming contemporary country music album "It's All About The Money." He told me what he envisioned and I put it down on canvas. It is multi-media and was, without doubt, a most challenging piece. It measures 12x12 - a size that does not lend easily to detail work. Anyway, I took on the challenge and this is the end result.

The whole concept is how one "who makes it" burns their money on the luxuries of life: mansions; bling, bling and more bling; race cars; race horses; etc.; etc. I must say that although a challenge, I enjoyed doing it - very surrealistic.

11 comments:

  1. Hi Lokelani,

    This is beautiful!! You did an amazing job, even being out of your comfort zone this just goes to show how very talented you are! Praise God for gifting you.

    Thanks for explaining your art as I believe I would have to study it for a while to figure it all out.

    Blessings,
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  2. Thank you so much Child of God. Truly, all I paint, I paint to His glory. My son has also released a contemporary Christian album called "It's Not About You."

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  3. This is a wonderfully fascinating piece with a great lesson in it!
    tina

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  4. Tina...thanks so much for your comment and for visiting my blog.

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  5. Love how you illustrated all the treasures of money going up in smoke, Lokelani!

    "Riches profit not in the day of wrath,
    but righteousness delivereth from death."
    Proverbs 11:4

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  6. Thank you Dean and thanks for visiting.

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  7. Wow, Lokelani, I love this piece!!! Yes, out of your comfort zone, but I'm sure it added a whole new dimension to your way of thinking and seeing. When does the album come out?

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  8. This looks like a real fun piece Lokelani Im not suprised you enjoyed doing it)

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  9. Sue and Sam...thanks for visiting and your encouraging comments. Yes, very much enjoyed doing this for the challenge. Not sure when the album will be released, but we are eager.

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  10. It's a good thing to be outside of your comfort zone now and then, good to hear you had so much fun, that's the most important thing.

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  11. I agree, Erik, I tend to want to do something different, but never take that step. With this piece, I did. Very different. Thanks you.

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