Contemporary Figurative Still Life Painting "Yellow Covered Vessel" by L. Goodhart

Description

This intricately patterned 5x7" mixed media painting on archival panel is one of a very large series of vessels inspired … more This intricately patterned 5x7" mixed media painting on archival panel is one of a very large series of vessels inspired by ancient artifacts, and re-imagined through contemporary eyes.

The motives underlying all my paintings are both current and timeless: our common need for sustenance, beauty, and grace. Humans have not changed dramatically since we first appeared and I look for threads of continuity, aiming to make imagery that’s rooted in the mythic, the mystic, and the cycles of Nature.

Paintings of vessels, birds, plant life, and human figures are cast as aspects of an elusive yet inviting sanctuary. Frequently the images are rooted in the remnants of ancient cultures, both tangible and oral, but they are always responding to our current world as well. less