The lifecycle of my art

My art comes into being through a very specific (and lengthy) sequence:

1. A daydream of unexpected media combinations
2. Materials heaped in a pile on my desk
3. An imagined drawing on a white paper surface
4. A pencil sketch to capture proportions and composition
5. A splash of watercolors or a stroke of vibrant alcohol markers
6. Lovingly placed, delicate pencil or ink details
7. Selecting the right holographic lamination pattern
8. Mounting the art on a sturdy card of wood
9. Scoring the surface and applying glass rhinestones in a pattern that compliments the base design (and feeling like a *jeweler*)
10. Titling, dating, and signing the back
11. Staring at the finished piece
12. Moving to better lighting to admire it
13. STARING MORE
14. Holding it as close to my eyes as I can
15. Rotating it, waving it, shining a flashlight on it
16. Maybe try a green laser light, too
17. STARING LIKE MY STARVING EYES ARE EATING IT
18. Thinking maybe this belongs in my personal collection?
19. Thinking nope, I want this one out there.
20. WHERE IS MY EYE LOUPE?
21. Putting it in a special box for storage
22. NOPE, PULLING IT BACK OUT AND STARING AT IT IN DAYLIGHT

Um, this continues, but I think you get it. I'm motivated by process AND perception.

I want you to see what I see

But I can't tell the story of my art by just taking a picture of it. So I'm taking it cinematic. To do this, I have finally married several of my creative passions together with my art: Macro filming, video editing, lighting, music composition, and sound design. In my experience of my own art, I don't just glance at it and move on. I get right in its face and admire:

• How the light glows and lights up the resin bubbles,
• How the paint sits on the toothy surface of the paper,
• How the vibrant colors visually heighten one another,
• How various light sources interact with the sparkling elements, and
• How those sparkles look when I blur my eyes.

As a person who visually stims, these observations give me overwhelming delight. I'm not ashamed to say I'm obsessed with how my art sparkles. And my perception is the part of my story that I haven't yet told. It'll take some experimenting, but I'm going to get better at showing others how my art is intended to be experienced.

✨ With this in mind, here's my first attempt to tell the story of my art: https://youtube.com/shorts/6edeiw1Sjgs?feature=share ✨

When you buy my art, please consider looking at it under different light sources, with different movements, using your naked eyes or any manner of magnification lens. Then you'll see what I hoped you'd see when I made it. ♥︎