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Terminal Intensity #5 - The Dream

By David Ehlen


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There are many different views to this surreal painting titled Terminal Intensity #5 - The Dream. During the time of this paintings creation I was working and living on a horse ranch in Southern California. This inspired me to start putting 'ranch scenes' such as horses, fences, barns, stables and things like that. It was an interesting time in my life because my life had been going through so many changes. 'The dream' as I call it is more of a look into the past. Kind of like 'oh my gosh, I did all that?' So there are a lot of roads in the painting, a lot of places that look comfortable to visit or even live. There are bridges and tunnels representing obstacles to cross or the unknown to go through to get to the next place I was going. One of the things you may have noticed is that there aren't any metal objects, nothing that looks permanent. Actually, there is a lot of motion in the painting with water flowing from one platform to another. The stars and sky seem to be moving as well as if to represent that nothing ever stays the same. I don't know if you have seen the large face in the painting yet. Perhaps you see the eye, then follow down the center of the painting to the end of the nose and then you will see the outline of a mouth. This was incorporated into the painting as if to represent this entire scene is one person's life.



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Created on January 2008
Dimensions: 30x58 in


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It is like this rushing water flowing from my hand. Even when I prepare a canvas for paint the energy within releases out of me and strait on to the canvas. There are powers at work that I do not understand that are creating these pieces. I don't really have to think about them that much, I dream the painting during the creation period. I just put a brush in my hand and do the work.

The experiences, feelings, spirituality, and values that I have in my life come to life in the artwork. It is my point of reference for this wild, creative energy. I'm not sure at what point the Heart Series revealed itself as a staple in my art. I cannot express the energy that goes into these works. Often I will write on the canvas my feelings, prayers and wishes. Then I'll paint over the words to be lost behind the oil paint.

I have paintings that I have worked on for many years, some over ten years. The story is still being told is as close to an explanation for that. Terminal Intensity is that ongoing story. I've painted backgrounds for many of my abstract pieces that the actual subject appears to me and I'll get the piece out, dust it off and finish it.

I look at my art as an extended form of communication. Every piece of art has it's own story behind it. There are clear messages of love, fears, friends and family that individual viewers of the work are able incorporate the message into their own lives. I enjoy hearing the interpretations of others people's ideas of paintings I've created.

My artwork helps me heal, imagine, and continues to answer the questions I have in my life. I have way too much education.

I have a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1997. Art comes within. Be happy.
 





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Create Date: January 2008
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