Art of the Soul

The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world, to state in aesthetic creation the deepest psychic and personal experiances of a human being. It is to enable those experiences to be intelligible and generally recognized within the total framwork of an ideal world.

-Bruce Lee (Tao of Jeet Kune Do)

Well I was going to another art dump, but I think from here on I'll be doing individual posts for each. Just because there aren't a lot of pieces left to show and mainly because of how beautifully they came out, they most definitely deserve their own time to shine. Also, now that I have all my pieces home, I'll be taking more professional shots of stuff I've already shown here for portfolio reasons. So that might be part 2 of the art dump. But for now I'll show one more just cause I've been wanting to show this for a long time now. This is by far my most favorite piece for SO many reasons. :)
I now present to you:
"Healing"

Now, because I've gotten a ridiculous amount of people not knowing what it was when they first saw it, I'll provide the sketch to just in case. (I'm sure you could have figured it out on your own, I just can't believe so many cant see it with out having to explain in detail....)
Sketch
And now the real thing.
Made from soft slab clay technique and red iron oxide and bernard stain. If you still can't see them, it's understandable, but just to point out, I didn't make this to be obvious. Mostly I just let my emotions pour out and let it naturally flow as I was constructing.
This piece alone helped me learn to be true to myself and my emotions. Never will I have to justify my work to anyone else again. In this case, I REALLY don't care 'cause this piece is personal and has deep meaning to me and the only other person in this world that truly understands me. I believe she also shares this passion to this piece too. This is a dedication to that. (btw, that sketch was drawn in our notbook)

-Chris

Holy sh!t Omg! I'm just in awe. Dude NEVER let anyone get to you about your art. You effin rock! I love watching your art blossom. You NEED to show more. I KNOW you have more. I'll start showing sketches mid-next week hopefully.

-Amy