I love drawing wings–their shape, their connotation with the pure, ethereal, heavenly, free. This finished digital piece was an exercise in playing with textures in photoshop, and sketches of wings are to come soon…
“Ethereal” copyright Jessica Libor 2008
There will be rest, and sure stars shining
Over the roof-tops crowned with snow
A reign of rest, serene forgetting,
The music of stillness, holy and low.
I will make this world of my devising
Out of a dream in my lonely mind,
I shall find the crystal of peace; and above me
Stars I shall find.
Written by Sara Teasdale
“O painter, take care lest the greed for gain prove a stronger incentive than renoun in art, for to gain this renoun is a far greater thing than is renoun of riches.”
–Leonardo DaVinci
“The artist is the man who makes life more interesting or beautiful, more understandable or mysterious, or probably, in the best sense, more wonderful. His trade is to deal with illimitable experience. It is therefore only of importance for the artist to discover whether he be an artist, and it is for society to discover what return it can make of its artist.”
–George Bellows
“The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.”
–Piet Mondrian
