Surprise

John Fish

Surprise

Not that I hadn’t thought it. Many times it had crossed my mind. Seeing you across the room. The look in your eye. The laughter at just the right moment. Then I forgot all about it. Went on my way, about the day, passing time and letting it pass me. walking, talking, eating and sleeping.
I paint in the mornings whenever I can. The strange land of mental striving, and not striving, reaching out and letting go, feeling physical movement and feeling the waves of emotional energy flowing like mercury from head to heart to hand to splash into sight and sensibility.
Bleeding and healing and wondering and planning and making everything perfect and then slopping stripes of color on top, not being sure if I’m covering something up or expanding on an idea.
Unexpectedly your voice appears from beneath the canvas and paint, like and theme song to a movie not yet written and it is as I suspected, expected and how nice to know for once I wasn’t dreaming. What a surprise.
acrylic on canvas. 52”x52”

Surprise belongs to the following groups:

Abstract Art, AW Welcome Center and The Healing Journey Available for sale as

Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints

Surprise by John Fish
Surprise by John Fish
  • blamo

    blamo

    Wonderful exploration of colour and physical being

  • John Fish replied

    thank you for remarking on this piece

  • butchart

    butchart

    visually so appealing… you describe it well….......... love the emotional state of this…... beautiful john….......b

  • John Fish replied

    thanks so much for the comments and input

  • Richard G Witham

    Richard G Witham

    You have captured a moment in the artist’s life that is so hard to describe.

  • John Fish replied

    thank you Richard. your thoughts are appreciated

  • Joe Valcourt/MODERNUS ART STUDIO

    Joe Valcourt/M...

    stunning work John. a great one. Joe

  • John Fish replied

    thank you for the compliments

  • meltaylor

    meltaylor

    Beautiful, John!!
    mel

  • John Fish replied

    thank you Mel

  • mogodbeer

    mogodbeer

    This is really good I like the mark making.

  • Dennis Knecht

    Dennis Knecht

    Beautiful Work! Dennis

  • John Fish replied

    thank you very much Dennis

  • Sophie Shapiro

    Sophie Shapiro

    John both your words and painting are so moving! You really are very talented and inspiring person! Thank you for sharing these wonderful insights with us, they mean a great deal!Sx

  • John Fish replied

    Thank you so much for the great compliments.

  • paul romanowski

    paul romanowski

    I am surprised.

  • saleire

    saleire

    The scars of the past remain for a long time…...but the passion of the scarlet in this shows that life will go on and those scars will heal. A wonderful passionate image and the words are just genius!

  • John Fish

    John Fish

    thank you so much for the compliment and the insight.

  • Susan Grissom

    Susan Grissom

    wonderful and your writing as well

  • Maria Mann

    Maria Mann

    John, you are a beautiful romantic, you bring out the emotions in all of us and you make us dream. So much talent.

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