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Lydia Burris

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She Came Alive When She Heard The Night Wind Cry by Lydia Burris
She Came Alive When She Heard The Night Wind Cry by Lydia Burris
She Came Alive When She Heard The Night Wind Cry by Lydia Burris
  • Lydia Burris
  • She Came Alive When She Heard The Night Wind Cry, 2019
  • ink, graphite
  • 17 x 11 in (43.18 x 27.94 cm)
  • Framed: 27 x 21 in (68.58 x 53.34 cm)
  • US$650

*** She Came Alive When She Heard The Night Wind Cry ***

Original Framed ink Drawing
Frame size: 21" x 27"
Medium: ink and white ink

Inspiration: The inspiration for this drawing came to me one day when one of my students walked into class wearing a this fantastic jacket with concentric circles. I was able to take a photo and get permission to use it as reference. (Thank you Megan!)

Process: The structures in the background were made by drawing in pencil, filling the negative space in with black ink, and then erasing the pencil lines. Its a long but satisfying process! The figure is drawn in pencil, the hair and otherworldly atmosphere is done with ink.

Meaning: I was aiming for a sense of magic and ambiguous emotions. The way I feel when I hear wind on a warm night. I want to side step into an in-between dimension and feel the source of the universe. That is what this piece is to me, but you can interpret it in however way you like. I often create automatically, which means I don't tend to assign meaning to a piece until after it is finished, and this meaning is merely what I took from it.
A hint of a story. An ambiguous dreamspace. The full interpretation is up to the viewer.

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