A chronicle of the efforts of one artist to manifest a new creative vision.
Sylvia Baldeva
Art that moves me, that most inspires me, has a dreamlike quality. It is more symbolic than realistic. It emerges from somewhere deep with a message that, however vague, is somehow potent. Examples include Bob Dylan’s songs, Picasso’s paintings and improvised jazz music.
In painting, the art that most interests me has a relaxed freedom about it. Sylvia Baldeva, a French artist of Bulgarian origin, is one whose work I turn to for inspiration.
Here's an example:
Her technique captures the true beauty of watercolor as a medium with its delicate washes and vague shapes. She lived under communism until her teens and that, she says, gave her a love of freedom. She describes her art as an “ode to freedom.”
You can watch an interview of her here.
You can see more of her art here and here.
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This above is the first post in the new Heron Dance Substack, Nurturing the Song Within, exploring work by other artists and authors that is inspiring the transition of my own art to more semi-abstract, impressionistic work. You can sign up here.
You can read more about this shift in Projects and Random Thoughts (July 20, 2024).
Recent Projects And Random Thoughts
The new art journal, Nurturing The Song Within, explores the inner work that underlies creative work, and creating a unique life.
The art and words above are selected from the first draft of the upcoming Heron Dance Press book, Meditations on Nature: The Beauty of Wild Places
