"Bound to the Unconditional" oil on canvas 2001. I was still living in my hometown Birmingham, Al at the time. I was waitressing,selling art, and shooting my favorite bands. I lived in the Highland area of downtown Birmingham where I was walking distance to my favorite punk and blues bars. I could only be out so long before my painting craving took over and brought me home to lock myself up to dance and make art. I was tired of the blues art so I started this painting which was one of my first of the think pieces I now do. This one is as it is titled about unconditional love. In this story the woman is in the shadows yet is the main focal point. A man who wears his love like the tattoos on his back,sports his openness of his heart on his sleeves. He is bound by this unconditional love confession of prayers. As the woman he is mesmerized by whispers in his ears her dreams of peace he surrenders his mind to her ideas. He is naked with mind, heart, and lust. As many would like to keep the woman in the shadows, this particular woman is ok being in the shadows for she finds good color here. Though she may be in the shadows she is in control of the seduction of this man. Her place is perfect in subliminally making what she wants from the definition of unconditional love. With her rosary of hope she binds man to love openly and honestly. We are all deserving of love however way we find it. The goal is to train our minds to see past the shadows and find beauty in every crevice of life. If looking openly one can find the most radiant color in the darkest of places, then don't be afraid to love openly for we should all be "Bound to the Unconditional"
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