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by Connie Schaertl
$14.00
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This officer caught my attention while was guarding an Austin Congressman during a town hall meeting. I snapped a couple of photos and wish I could... more
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11 oz.
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This officer caught my attention while was guarding an Austin Congressman during a town hall meeting. I snapped a couple of photos and wish I could have gotten him to sit for me.
Our lives are permeated with stories of all shapes, sizes and flavors, most of which we have little conscious awareness. I've always been drawn to stories, and that may well be what drew me to art. As a child I loved illustrations, and as an adult I worked as an illustrator. But simply illustrating a given story is limiting. Now that I'm free to paint what I want, I choose more ambiguity in my subject matter. Instead of merely presenting a story, I seek to stimulate a seed in the viewer, an invitation to co-create the experience of the painting according to the wealth of life, thought and perception he or she brings to the viewing. I have studied under Carolyn Anderson, Edward Povey and Michelle Torrez and have consistently won awards in...
$14.00
Connie Schaertl
Thank you. A friend commented this evening that this was the only one of my paintings that he doesn't like --- because of the almost menacing expression on officer's face. What his observation reminded me is that we each bring our own history, experience and perceptions as context for whatever we observe. He obviously interpreted the intensity of the officer's look in a different way that I experienced it. This remains one of my favorite portraits, and I only wish I'd written down the officer's name so that I could be sure he sees it, too.