
Asheville Pastels at the Pond

by Zsanan Studio
Title
Asheville Pastels at the Pond
Artist
Zsanan Studio
Medium
Mixed Media - Original Paintings And Digital Mixed Media
Description
ASHEVILLE -- PASTELS AT THE POND
I am here in my studio in Asheville, North Carolina-- where the sentinel peaks of The Blue Ridge Mountains overlook the confluence of the French Broad river (racing north) and the Swannanoa (flowing west) -- feeling inspired.
The clouds surround the studio this early morning. The temperate rainforest is speaking--calling me to walk the trails, travel the mountain coves, follow those rivers to creeks and waterfalls and stretch up to where the tall hemlocks live--and share the images nature provides.
This is about simply loving where you ARE.... ...
Here, from one of my canvases (acrylic) -- I borrow bits --then add more from a photo I took of one Asheville scene. I converted this all on canvas (accentuated with ink) to create a mixed media collage.
Another photo of that collage then came to Photoshop for digital manipulations (100s of layers) and rendering.
Here is lyrical abstraction-- a fusion-collage-- simultaneously sparse and ( I hope) exciting. It is my effort to visually narrate the point where logic meets emotion. In that place, change with compassion can happen.
THEME:: Landscapes
Landscapes (inner and outer) offer the opportunity to bring together slices of my original art in a collage, digitally-rendered. Blended elements, both abstract and organic, become a “fusion” lyrically abstracted and ripe for story telling.
In this case, the narrative is about facing challenges-- a visual metaphor for life as we know it. It symbolizes engagement and possible joie de vivre.
MEDIA:: Again, this is an example of my process: Sketch for composition to canvas and/or paper, sometimes, oil pastels, sometimes acrylic paint. The result then captured as a photo and brought to create a JPEG. Finally, digital layering of the original materials.
Objective:: Narrative art with emotive content- that offers an opportunity for the viewer to interpret the story being told, and thus add to the story. (Some are inner landscapes.) Whether as a digital abstractionist, working as well on canvas and with photography to produce mixed media images, my hope is to engage the viewer.
Symbolism :: Ever a sense of joy of life, transitions, new perceptions that evoke positive change, the embracing of an inner - symbolic-mythic- visual landscape that can reveal how disparate parts work together when visual impressions, founded on simple or more complex designs, build on a promising tale of life on Earth.
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PHILANTHROPIC CAUSES -THANK YOU!!!
A portion of the proceeds from purchases support
PET RESCUE –especially our local https://www.mountainpetrescueavl.org/-
and CANCER RESEARCH.
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April 27th, 2023
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Comments (6)

Barbie Corbett-Newmin 4 Days Ago
Congratulations; your lovely art is featured on the Best For Blankets and Textile Products Photography & Art page! Please make it available for future buyers' consideration by posting your feature in the Featured Images Archive 2023 discussion thread. Please also post in any other appropriate discussion threads-- ie sales of your group images etc. It would also be nice if you tweet the group when featured. Thank you! (And what Alida said!)

Alida M Haslett 16 Days Ago
Zsanan, this painting is absolutely magical! I am drawn into the landscape, breathing the moisture, basking in the cool, drifting in the dreams- than you for this mystery and delight.LF

Jenny Revitz Soper 19 Days Ago
CONGRATULATIONS! It is my great pleasure to FEATURE your artwork on the homepage of The Artists Group, 5/16/2023! You are invited to post it in the Group's Features Discussion thread for posterity or any other thread that fits!

Alex Lapidus 24 Days Ago
Congratulations, your image has been featured in the Mystery group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the 2023 Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page).