Sunday, January 4, 2015

The word work

The word work means something slightly different to just about any one you talk to. For the most part however work is a place we go and a thing we do. We go there to do what needs to be done and we get paid to do it. Sometimes we do work like mow the lawn or clean the house usually for ourselves but occasionally for others and we don't get paid to do it. Monday comes and we think wow I have to work all week. Friday comes and we think great I have some time off. You hear terms like got-a-work or work-is-work. For most people work doesn't seem to be a word that brings great joy and happiness to mind. Most certainly however your blessed to have work to go and do.

A painter often refers lovingly to a painting as their work. People look at the painters work and say that is beautiful work. You can feel the happiness of it. You can hear the joy of it. The painter went to work in the studio with tools and a plan of execution. He or see did the work and labored over it. It was work but yet it became something more.

Why are the two sonorous so different?

The work below was completed for a client last month and was painted on a bedroom wall for an expectant mothers new nursery. The mural is acrylic 6 feet across and  includes a STARSCAPES FX night sky over the entire celling above it. The mural was over painted to tie into the ceiling cosmos when viewed in the dark.

www.sodenkampart.com