In You The Echoes Of Every Song
acrylics on canvas
imitation gold leaf
89 x 116 cm
2020
custom piece // sold
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This painting is called “In You The Echoes Of Every Song”, or “Sinussa kaikkien laulujen kaiut” in Finnish. It is created for someone who is a professional musician - someone who lives and breathes music, and whose passion is to find new ways to reach people through music, evoking the sense of wonder in them and inviting them into the magic that making music together is.
We had long discussions when planning this piece; we talked about creativity and how it can’t exist without freedom, or how improvisation requires you to let go of control and just… jump, fly, and soar. We talked about the unseen and how creativity, for both of us, ties us to the spiritual and to our faith in the Creator. We talked about the skies, the heavens, both as a tangible and a spiritual symbol.
Out of these discussions she trusted me to freely create something that’d embody all of the themes we touched on - and this is the painting that emerged. I thought of flying as a metaphor for freedom, of the skies as a metaphor of the magic and the mystery (their family loves the space with all its imaginery too!) - and I simply couldn’t help creating a painting that’s unashamedly fairytale-y, and seeks to lift the gaze above the mundane.
And yes. Her favourite colours are the same as mine - pink and purple. And gold. :)