"Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain."
Emerson
The adventure is the destiny.
Live painting is a dream job! And at the same time it's a full time job without hourly pay. Yet, the benefits go beyond monetary gain at times. Traveling across the country and sharing my art work with numbers of diverse communities is any artists dream. The adventures that take place during time off and the work done behind the scenes to be able to perform and showcase at these events is where the magic happens. It's a great deal of work that is rewarded with great opportunity.
This years summer tour is my second and most ambitious yet. Starting with Karma Music and Arts Festival held in Moorehead, Ky, our artist collective came together for the first time including Rae Vena, Thomas Robertson-Forrest and myself. The breeze was cool and the rain held off till the last evening to produce a successful experience in the beautiful Kentucky mountains.
As I stated in the last publishing, I started a piece based upon a design interpretation and personal vision of the Sun. As we course through spring and into summer, we receive a rejuvenation of sunshine which produces natures blossoms and peaking hormonal levels in humans and animals. After working on "Son of Sun" during all of Karma and into SummerCamp, here is the final product.
Painted at Karma Music and Arts Festival and Summer Camp Music Festival 2012
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Thomas Robertson-Forrest and I live painting at Karma Music and Arts Festival.
This year was my first Summer Camp Music Festival experience. Live painting is an untapped expression at this event which made our gallery set up and performing even more purposeful. The community was very receptive to the work and it felt accomplishing to spread live painting further into the music scene. "Son of Sun" was finished and "Vision Paradise" was started during the busy weekend. I would like to thank the "Soulshine" tent for giving us the opportunity to set up our work and enjoy the number of entertaining shows and events they held all weekend.
Our live art gallery in the Soulshine Tent at Summer Camp Music Festival including Rae Vena and Thomas Robertson-Forrest.
This year at Wakarusa, I was involved with the live artist gallery directed by Michael Garfield which included 15 talented artists from all over the country. A gallery with such a creative community conspired a busy social hub, enabling the audience to meet the artists, view the work and share perspectives. Using a rack, my gallery set up stuck out one of the entrances to entice everyone to come over and investigate.
Gallery set up at Wakarusa Music Festival.
Painting during Papadosio at Wakarusa Music Festival
By the end of Wakarusa, I finished "Vision Paradise" which expresses a dream of personal nirvana. Whether it be a "place" or "space in your mind", we all can relate with meditating on somewhere or something that comforts us. The ocean is a personal and centering place for myself. Since early childhood, I have held a close connection with the ocean and what it has to teach us. Beyond it's beauty and illusion of infinity, the sound teaches the voice of nature and the motion shows the power and movement of a wave. "Vision Paradise" expresses these bits of perspectives into a landscape that flows in balance and movement, exploiting natures simple pleasures.
"Vision Paradise"
Painted at Summer Camp Music Festival and Wakarusa Music Festival 2012
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Process Photos of "Vision Paradise"
Thanks for taking your time to catch up on my assiduous schedule during tour and peak into all the work I have been doing thus far. Thanks for all the support during this journey and I look forward to having many more beautiful and creative experiences during these next few events.
I will be performing at these festivals during the next three weeks:
June 15th-17th: Impluse Music and Arts Festival held on Durhamtown Plantation Resort in Union Point, Georgia.
June 21st-24th: Sonic Bloom Festival held on Shadows Ranch in Georgetown, Co
June 28th-30th: Nomadic Roots Festival at The Cove Campground in Gore, Virginia
Stay posted for the next publishing on these events in early July...
Chapin Mathews
6.14.12 ♥
"The finest qualities of nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly."
Thoreau
