Sunflowers

Sunflowers
Copyright 2014 Addie Hirschten
Oil on Canvas
16" x 20"
SOLD

"The sunflower is mine, in a way."

-Vincent Van Gogh

Come see this painting live and in person for our opening:
Wednesday August 6th 5-9pm
at
Gallery Two
5914 North College Ave. Indianapolis 

Rays of Light

Rays of Light
Copyright 2013 Addie Hirschten
Oil on Canvas
Prints available on Fine Art America

 

Art is a process... and it's a process that never ends.

Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does.

Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.

It's not the medium or the oil or the price or whether it hangs on a wall or you eat it. What matters, what makes it art, is that the person who made it overcame the resistance, ignored the voice of doubt and made something worth making. Something risky. Something human.

-Seth Godin

I am in love with Seth Godin's new book "The Icarus Deception."  In it Godin examines the purpose and process of creating art.  What is the purpose behind creating something like this sunset painting?  For me it is to call attention to the divine beauty of nature, of who we are, of what we see.  And the process of mixing the paint, laying it down and making this strange reflection of what is in front of me... this is part of the mess of creation.  This is part of being human.

To love beauty is to see light.

-Victor Hugo

Still Life Paintings

Pitcher and Pears
Copyright 2014 Hirschten
Oil on Canvas
11" x 14"

 The more things change the more they are the same.

-Alphonse Karr

Here are a few still life paintings that I worked on recently as a personal challenge and exercise. Below is the first and last one I created...

Orange and Gold
Copyright 2014 Hirschten
Oil on Canvas
11" x 14"

Apple Reflections
Copyright 2014 Hirschten
Oil on Canvas
11" x 14"

Saturday Morning

Saturday Morning
Copyright 2014 Addie Hirschten
Oil on Canvas
11" x 14"

While I was painting this I had one of my favorite songs in my head, "Morning Blues." 

Here are the lyrics...

Been in business and I've been in love

I used to fly high like a turtle dove

Had the blues many a time

Just a girl on a poor boy's mind

I got the morning blues

Oh so bad

Honey come and kiss me

They're the worst I've ever had

Nickel's worth of grease, Dime's worth of lard

I would buy more but the times are too hard

Ain't no need for me to work so hard

'Cause I can live off the chickens in the neighbors yard

I got the morning blues

Oh so bad

Honey come and kiss me

They're the worst I've ever had

Woke up this morning with a pain in my head

So I crawled right back in bed

Alone in the morning make you feel so bad

lonesome blues make you feel so sad

-Traditional Song, Jim Kweskin Version

The Indiana Fiddler's Gathering

Saturday Afternoon at the Indiana Fiddler's Gathering
Copyright 2014 Addie Hirschten
Oil on Canvas
16" x 20"
Prints available on Fine Art America

Every year I attend the Indiana Fiddler's Gathering.  It is an amazing couple of days where my friends and I camp out and play old-time music 24-7.  At the entrance to the festival they always string bright white lights from the trees.  Imagine the music drifting through the air.  A few hours after I painted this the fireflies came out.  Sigh... next year's festival seems too far away.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

-Nietzsche