The Road To Sanity

my son loves your pieces AWESOME he understands down i love this peice sensational u should enter it in the nude challenge am off to read your new peice now stay safe always April

If you have become stuck in a particular way of thinking and looking at the world, it takes a lot of effort to break out of that. The average human mind is very lazy – it digs itself a comfortable rut and follows it around and around until eventually the rut becomes a grave.
Persist. And listen to lots of Emo Phillips.

without the shit the good stuff would be boring – you’ve got to have the contrast, the balance, the amplify the other like complimentry colours!
This artwork is beautiful April! Its not easy to incorporate words into paintings, you’ve done it well – they really belong! xxx

Magnificent April. Wow this is powerful and so beautiful dear April. Sadness now is part of our happiness then and our Happiness now is part of our sadness then. It is so important to acknowledge and honour our shadows and our darker (sadness, anger, pain, etc) feelings as much as it is important to bask and celebrate in our happiness. This piece touches me so deeply. I am so moved by your artistry and true expression of your feelings. Thank you. Anthea xxxx

Excellent painting and it is always good to paint how you feel and your emotions…get it out which makes fantastic art….love your colors:)

even if it takes forever to let the crazy out one work of art at a time … you wont lose any admirers with great work like this April thats for sure … the way you combine beauty, sadnesss, colour and thought is always great to see … there like the keys to your expression and if you feel better with them others will too

absolutely, paint it out, then it won’t stay in you, powerful work…heal now.

Painting it out makes perfect sense to me, – just another way to ‘express/vent’ as it were – and if the result is a powerful image all the better – we ALL feel better when we vent no matter what form it takes – legal that is- lol

Perfect sense to me as well, I agree with Vincent, I use painting to keep me busy, to go to a happy place where nothing can harm me and where i am concentrating so much that the hours fly by…i can see the road to sanity from madness is a long and winding one, paved with all you have written…it is a good road to travel, April, there is light at the end of it…in the other direction there is only a dark tunnel
Your work is pure heart :)

April, I believe your paintings are positive and beautiful creations from within. Though I probably should comment more often (am a little lazy in the comment department) it is always exciting to see your new works, works that flow naturally, without restriction.There is a feeling of passion, belief in Your composition and expression through colour and lines. Your art is Your art , This is a beautiful piece of art :)

to offer friendship to someone who burns for love is like to offer bread to someone who is thirsty…

i learnt that quote yesterday, just wanted to share it with you for unknown reason

I think those who have seen fortune and misfortune can express the most dramatic of compositions. Your images have that element of communicating the hidden drama of the soul that is an easily wounded and not easily repaired.

I really appreciate this site where I’ve “communicated” with not just the image but the human being behind the image. It is just what a fellow artist was looking for.

I agree with so much that’s been said above, so won’t repeat it now, April.

I’m just wondering though if maybe you’re Dorian Gray? If his portrait hadn’t shown the ravages of age, then he would have no choice but to wear it himself. Without your painted outlets would you have to bear the brunt of that which you’ve managed to channel elsewhere?

no worries gorgeous :)

Can really relate to your art and your words, your expression is amazing :)