Photo taken by E. Kessler
What an amazing night painting live large scale at The Woman of Steel Gallery in Boise!
i painted a mural on a 4foot high x 16foot long plywood surface to music. the theme of the night was "Order and Chaos"...this was fitting, as i really didn't know what i was going to paint, but it began to come to life and take form throughout the night as i allowed the music and the creative vibe from the venue to lead me.
creating the background
creating colorful texture
what started out to look like a water wave turned into the phoenix bird rising
the words i painted said: you were born out of fire and water for such a time as this.
painting finishing touches
my finished mural that will be taken on the "Liberty Rising" tour across the nation.
inside the Woman of Steel Gallery...there were 2 art exhibits (paintings by Emily Wenner and an audio/visual installation by Natasha Louie) and live jazz music being featured, along with wine and food.
the Gallery has 2 rooms with a wine bar that looks into the welding studio and there's an upstairs cigar room.
THE Woman of Steel (Irene Deely) welding metal hands to her "Vision Vessel" metal sculpture (customers paid to have their hands traced & write something on them).
the start of "Vision Vessel"
at 11:30pm Irene lit "Vision Vessel" to do an Obstacle Burn (customers wrote on pieces of paper what their "obstacles" in life were that are keeping them from fulfilling their dreams and they were placed in a metal basket inside the sculpture). there were firecrackers in the obstacle basket that went off as the papers were lit...symbolizing the release of the obstacles for people...and then we toasted with champagne!
this event was the fundraiser launch for Irene's third national "Liberty Rising" tour with her 8foot metal sculpture of Lady Liberty kickboxing evil titled "Liberty Lets Roll" (inspired by Todd Beamer on 9-11). For more info about the Liberty Rising tour, about metal artist Irene Deely, and about The Woman of Steel Gallery, go to: www.womanofsteelgallery.com
i painted a mural on a 4foot high x 16foot long plywood surface to music. the theme of the night was "Order and Chaos"...this was fitting, as i really didn't know what i was going to paint, but it began to come to life and take form throughout the night as i allowed the music and the creative vibe from the venue to lead me.
creating the background
creating colorful texture
what started out to look like a water wave turned into the phoenix bird rising
the words i painted said: you were born out of fire and water for such a time as this.
painting finishing touches
my finished mural that will be taken on the "Liberty Rising" tour across the nation.
inside the Woman of Steel Gallery...there were 2 art exhibits (paintings by Emily Wenner and an audio/visual installation by Natasha Louie) and live jazz music being featured, along with wine and food.
the Gallery has 2 rooms with a wine bar that looks into the welding studio and there's an upstairs cigar room.
THE Woman of Steel (Irene Deely) welding metal hands to her "Vision Vessel" metal sculpture (customers paid to have their hands traced & write something on them).
the start of "Vision Vessel"
at 11:30pm Irene lit "Vision Vessel" to do an Obstacle Burn (customers wrote on pieces of paper what their "obstacles" in life were that are keeping them from fulfilling their dreams and they were placed in a metal basket inside the sculpture). there were firecrackers in the obstacle basket that went off as the papers were lit...symbolizing the release of the obstacles for people...and then we toasted with champagne!
this event was the fundraiser launch for Irene's third national "Liberty Rising" tour with her 8foot metal sculpture of Lady Liberty kickboxing evil titled "Liberty Lets Roll" (inspired by Todd Beamer on 9-11). For more info about the Liberty Rising tour, about metal artist Irene Deely, and about The Woman of Steel Gallery, go to: www.womanofsteelgallery.com FREEDOM IS WORTH LIVING AND FIGHTING FOR!
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