May as Well try to Catch the Wind, Motif #1
by Melissa Abbott
Title
May as Well try to Catch the Wind, Motif #1
Artist
Melissa Abbott
Medium
Painting - Digital Painting
Description
Then in the Rockport of the 1960's there was a derision of those who painted the Motif #1 because it was too commercial and not creative. There were many pop up galleries of that era who sold a more psychedelic version of the Motif with glowing sunrises and contrasting darks and reds. I often think of these exhibits of the Motif which almost had a Warhol Campbell's soup can look to them. When I compare those to the 1930's Thieme and Hibbard portraits of the Red House, you have to smile. All the interpretations are of the Motif and the theme of the Motif lives in them all, yet, in spite of the huge differences in style, the essential signature of the " Motif" exists in them all as a conglomeration of all the elemental power of the location.
I have to say that as time goes by and the longer I live, I like the essential nature of the Motif more and more. It's a constant. I never thought I would ever paint of picture of Motif #1 but yet, it has happened. I tried to draw from the old Rockport Masters who doodled on menus in the Blacksmith Shop and yet bring in the look of the Warhol Campbell's Soup can too. I wanted my composition to be not only reflective and introspective but also to be bold and brilliant showing a bold divinity to the building.
In fact, I feel my rendering of the Motif #1 is more an invocation of the great truth of life which can't be put into words and is more a feeling rather than a description. It's an intangible feeling that is a gathering of decades of living and looking at the Motif.
When I think about Rockport, I sometimes hear Donovan lyrics in my head. It's almost like a soundtrack. So, in addition to an almost prayerful feeling invoked within by the Motif, I hear "Ahh but I may as well Catch The Wind".
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December 21st, 2015
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