How many times have I sat down to a blank canvas armed with an idea, only to discover the final image was nothing like what I had anticipated? Many artists are great at planning out their images and producing a final product that is identical to the real thing. On rare occasions, this has happened to me. More often than not, I start out with an idea and when I finish it has taken on a life of its own and turns into something entirely unexpected. Take for example my painting Wildfire. It started out as the beginning of a wooden water tank. This water tank would have had a water trough for sifting through sand to look for different treasures hidden in the Earth. For some reason though, it was just not coming out right. At that moment it just felt wrong. So, I sat there staring at the beginning of this raw image and my hand. My hand somehow became a focal point. I started sketching out the lines of my hand on the canvas with my paintbrush. All the while thinking I’ll pa
Works by Shemaine Lozano Hernandez