Mountain Majesty
by Lori Grimmett
Title
Mountain Majesty
Artist
Lori Grimmett
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
The sun rises in graceful colors over a majestic mountain landscape. This is my very first attempt at oil painting. Thank you so much for your love and support as I look forward to painting many more.
THE STORY BEHIND MY OIL PAINTINGS
My love of oil painting spans my lifetime yet it wasn’t until 2018 that I finally decided it was time to give this medium a try.
I come from a long line of artists, and my grandma (who happened to live next door) was an oil painter. When I was eight years old, she took me to one of her oil painting classes. We each had our own canvas and after I managed to get a beautiful sunset full of vibrant colors across mine, I was afraid to paint the foreground… a black silhouette of a tree.
I just couldn’t bring myself to do it, for fear of messing up what I was so proud of already. Grandma smiled lovingly and knew just what to do. With the paintbrush in my left hand, she placed her right hand over mine and helped guide my hand. Together, we painted a black tree over my sunset colors. It worked out perfectly and I was thrilled with how it turned out. For years I admired her work and always planned to someday give it a try.
Nearly 40 years later and currently in hospice, I had nothing to lose. I ordered all my oil painting supplies and waited for a day with enough strength to sit up long enough to paint a little. Dipping my brush into that buttery paint felt wonderfully joyful and brought back memories of childhood. After the sky, clouds, and mountains, I went to add trees. As my brush paused before the canvas, I envisioned my grandma’s hand over mine and imagined us painting this together. I took a deep breath and placed paint to canvas, creating trees, just the way my grandmother had done so many decades before. If she was still here, I know she'd be proud.
What a tremendous blessing to share the love of oil painting. I look forward to creating as many pieces as I can; filling each one with the joy it brings to my heart as I paint them.
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April 19th, 2018
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