Higher Ground City(e)scape

Lee Wilde

Higher Ground City(e)scape

medium: acrylic paint and collage on 300gsm paper.

size: 42cm x 59cm (A2)

currently listening to: Higher Ground by Stevie Wonder

Higher Ground City(e)scape belongs to the following groups:

Acrylic Painting, Mixed Media and Vibrant and Vivid Color Available for sale as

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

Higher Ground City(e)scape by Lee Wilde
  • Matt Mawson

    Matt Mawson

    wonderful work

  • Lee Wilde replied

    Thanks Matt. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed doing this. I just want to eat it now!! haha

  • Peter Evans

    Peter Evans

    Wow Lee this is superb :-)

  • Lee Wilde replied

    Thanks Peter, I’m glad you like it…and thanks for favoriting :-)

  • Estelle O'Brien

    Estelle O'Brien

    Extraordinary Lee, wonderfully imaginative.

  • Lee Wilde replied

    Thanks Estelle :-)

  • hickerson

    hickerson

    love it

  • Carlos Solorza

    Carlos Solorza

    i took your suggestion and listened to “higher ground” while viewing this.
    enjoyed ity very much while my eyes danced about your beautiful work, Lee.

  • Lee Wilde replied

    Thanks Carlos, its a great track isn’t it?

    Often I will listen to a song over and over again while I’m working, but in this case I did the collage in relative silence and then went looking for a song which would compliment it. Since I’ve been called both a “rare animal” and “a strange creature” this past week…I tried to find a song about extinction or endangered species, but didn’t find anything suitable. I searched for songs which had the word “cat” in them….but still nothing. Finally, since it is a picture of a cat alone in the city…I searched for “city”....and found the Stevie Wonder song, “Living For The City”. Cool, I thought…..but after listening to it a few times I decided nah…not really the mood I wanted to convey. Had a look at the rest of the album and bingo – HIGHER GROUND – of course!! That is exactly what a cat would do if it were under threat from flood or the city closing in around it….it would look for higher ground.

    For some reason I would not have been able to put this piece aside if I had not found its “companion” song. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

  • Marilyns

    Marilyns

    wonderful art Lee ! i listened to higher ground while watching it and love them together !
    i thought the cat has a tear but his colors and mostly ,his golden eyes looking to higher grounds make me think that he will dry this tear soon :)

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