NATIONAL ART SCHOOL
Sydney, Australia
PAINTING BY CHANCE
Eric Niebuhr
Discover the unexpected
and liberate your painting from your conscious mind
by approaching painting
through a variety of chance techniques.
Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something entirely unrelated.
The word derives from Swarnadip, the Sanskrit language name for Sri Lanka, and was coined by Horace Walpole on 28 January 1754 in a letter he wrote to his friend, taken from a silly fairy tale he read, called The Three Princes of Serendip: as their highnesses traveled, they were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of...
The letter read,"this discovery, indeed, is almost of that kind which I call Serendipity, a very expressive word."
Source: Wikipedia
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It was an instant in August when I was pressed for time. It was the last painting for the exhibition, and I hate to admit it, but I cheated by using an unfinished work of mine whose likeness held the concept I wished to portray... a visual form.
In that moment, a dear friend of mine from across the universe expressed how much he adored that painting of mine - the very last painting. He asked that it be his without the knowledge that it was always his to begin with... it is fated.
It was sometime in February when I started on the original painting, a little after this special kind of love found me. But then life happened, and with time and space as the villains, the painting was left unfinished... until now.
I was taken by sweet disbelief when he wanted that piece in particular, because that painting is in all honesty of him. The form which is now the bridegroom is the stance he held in that moment we shared in the artist's studio... where time stopped.
I absolutely delight in all the surprises my life holds, the existence and development of events that happen by chance. I love how it is when I am not looking that inspiration finds me and gives me the sweetest of kisses... serendipity.
THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS
2009
MIXED MEDIA
14x18
IN THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF RYAN MOORE
I am Smitten.
Here is the start of my Love Affair with Watercolor.
It is only the beginning; I am just learning.
She is quite tricky to control, but I am Inspired.
Immense in difference to my deep past relationship.
Oil is a Rugged Passion; strong to the touch.
But this, she teases you with her consistency.
Making you weak in technique; diluted.
My Oil surprises in wonder, but in time as it dries.
This Watercolor courts you unexpectedly, and instantly.
I have a fondness for her movement; this graceful caressing.
And her soft texture; light still with deep affection.
She is so beautiful when you have her in your hands.
You think you are in control, though it is she that controls you.
Like anything in Life, you cannot hold on too tight.
Just enough so you feel her; yet loosely for her to break free and run.
Intense is the short lived moment together.
All you have to share is this limited time; that is all.
Intimate, and it is over.
I am taken.
That my Passion lies in Nudes; the union fitting.
Slowly my style I am developing; perfecting.
I am delighted, but far from satisfied.
There is so much more that I want to express; I do not know how yet.
Now it is still so flat; lifeless and shallow.
Soon enough there will be spirit; emotion and depth.
I wish to convey the strength of feeling I held at the time.
Or, I want to bring the viewer back to a memory all his own.
studies for com.mis.sion.ed work
i drew inspiration the moment i received my gifts
this image of the little boy reading a book to an elephant in the desert captivates me like only magic can
in the foreground is an indonesian tree bark candle
he heard about it and had to buy it for me
he loves candles he said, but this piece...
ah he had to buy it for me
the character it holds and the story it has to tell
the glow it will give
so soothing, so warm
i am so grateful
i am so loved
mum just loved the watercolor painting i gave her
my creative project in the latter of 2008
my beautiful new room in my beautiful new home
my little piece of heaven
my bliss
i've got an eye for interior design
so if you've got a room
call me
