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.
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11 comments:

  1. child of GodJune 11, 2011 at 10:55 AM

    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. Lokelani ForrestJune 11, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    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. tina jonesJune 11, 2011 at 10:22 PM

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

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  4. Lokelani ForrestJune 12, 2011 at 6:07 AM

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

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  5. Dean H.June 23, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    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. Lokelani ForrestJune 24, 2011 at 6:52 AM

    Thank you Dean and thanks for visiting.

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  7. Sukey McDonoughJune 26, 2011 at 7:34 AM

    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. UnknownJune 26, 2011 at 8:48 AM

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

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  9. Lokelani ForrestJune 26, 2011 at 10:40 AM

    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. Erik van ElvenJuly 1, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    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. Lokelani ForrestJuly 1, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    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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