Falling tide
April 22, 2010
In ’05, I finally removed myself from a relationship that was becoming increasingly restrictive. That night I moved into my studio and felt so many emotions I didn’t know where to start.
So of course I started painting.
The image is called “Swift current on a falling tide”
Being a west coast girl, I see life in coastal metaphors. I was finally in motion, moving fast into a new phase of my life.
The falling tide refers to the fact that as the tide goes out hidden rocks appear and have to be navigated.
The mask is actually lifted from another painting of mine, but seemed appropriate in that I had put down the perfect woman and wife image and was willing to be messily, grandly, scatteredly, creatively, myself once more.
What a wonderful night that was!
I painted all night and into the dawn and then slept on my studio couch till noon and got up to paint again.
-Art and story by Corinne Paquette-Parker
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