As I was scrolling through Facebook one evening, I came across a time lapse video of a woman making a finger painting on a large canvas. "That's a FINGER PAINTING?!" I blurted out. "That's so...beautiful." I had to look for more. I craved more finger painting from this wonderful woman. I scrolled down and saw a link that said "Click here to see more work from Iris Scott." I clicked on it, and it brought me to this lovely site of finger paintings, most of them dogs shaking water off of them so their ears flap and spirals of liquid go flying everywhere. "I love this artist," I sang as I scrolled through her other works. Then I came across it. "Foxglove" it was titled. I ordered a print of it that night.
Imagine a little red fox tucked away in a red-haired woman's arms. They seem to be sleeping while a wave of colorful grass cradles them. Finger painted -- all of it.If anything, this art serves a personal function for me. It makes me feel content and protected whenever I look at it, which sometimes helps me cope with strong emotions.
The artist, Iris Scott, does a very good job at evoking emotion like this by using different colors, lines, and textures in her paintings. She manages to create different positive feelings with just her fingers, paint, and a canvas. I also love the fact that she creates these masterpieces with her fingers, almost as if the activity she does is juvenile, but her final pieces are so... not.
If you would like to check out more of Iris Scott's work, you can click here.
I've also been surprised before by masterfully made finger paintings. Finger paintings are always so beautiful from something you usually think of as childish and when done right have depth and emotion. I can totally understand and relate to your story.
ReplyDeleteyou described the art very well and it made me want to take a look at it
ReplyDeleteWhat makes you like fingerprinting so much? Was that your favorite arts and crafts activity when you were younger? (mine was papermache), because of the 3d affect.
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ReplyDeleteI am surprised of what i saw, very good content and I liked the way you explained it, nice job.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this. I want to hear a little more from you. It seems like a leap to say a painting makes you feel protected. Do you mean from your own "strong emotions"? Just wondering. Also, we typically associate finger paintings with childhood. You say the pieces she creates, however, are not juvenile. Elaborate a bit.
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