The Key from the Choir Series #6
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'The Key' choir series #6
18" x 24"
oils
Painting wraps around sides of canvas no frame needed
$275.00
1/08
The blue of her robe is much deeper and has darker shading than
these pictures allow for (Prussian blues and deep purples).
The background and hair are well represented in tone, the hair is
Prussian green, Ivory blacks and ultramarine blues as well.
There are also shadows of deep plum under her hair (on the robe)
that are being washed out in this lighting.
This painting looks foggy.
It is supposed to look that way, she is in the world in
between…between what we know and what we struggle to
understand.
Hence she is in and out of the fog that surrounds her.

Here is the quote that inspired the painting:
All persons are puzzles
until at last we find
some word
or act
the key
to the man,
to the woman;
straightaway all their past words
and actions lie in light before us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803 - 1882)
***
It felt good to get this work out of my head.
I have many drawings of variations on this theme, in my journals;
the key hole in the head space.
This is the first time that I tried the back of the head.
I like it much better this way.
Because of course we would not have
our secret key hole on our faces…I mean any one could see them!
The horror!
Only those most close to us will be able to ever find the secret
key, button, handshake or password that opens us up.
That’s what makes it scary and exciting to share our lives with
others.
Love and Trust.
Faith and Work.
Those things make us grow, make us embrace the power of
change, make us find our lost keys and then use them.
Keys.
We all have a key that will turn the lock inside our heads, that will
free us from what we fear the most.
All I have to say is,
“I’ll take what is behind door number two, Jack!”
Have a wonderful, magical day.

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