A couple of years ago, a friend came to me for an art commission that was to be an interpretation of a scene from the novel The Catcher in the Rye. The story from The Catcher in the Rye connected with him on a level that was very close with his own life story. SoContinue reading “Throwback Thursday Art – Catcher in the Rye”
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The Making of Therapeutic Art
I’ve been meeting with Jeff Lynhurst a few times over the past couple of weeks to get feedback about the “Catcher in the Rye” painting I’m working on for him. This has been a new type of custom-art making experience for me, as usually someone just gives me a photo and I turn it intoContinue reading “The Making of Therapeutic Art”
2/3 done with painting
Just have to add some more depth with the rye, make the sky a bit darker and more dangerous-looking, and add in the main character (possibly my client’s father, in this case), on the cliff. Until then, here’s what it looks like right now!
Love in a troubled inner world…The Catcher in the Rye
“Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around – nobody big, I mean – except me. And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody ifContinue reading “Love in a troubled inner world…The Catcher in the Rye”