Stare Away by Blake Richardson
Can you spot the Howling Wolf?
Print comes unframed 11x14, and fits standard frames.
Like a Turtle you are loosing track of time
don’t you worry everything will be just fine
Your in a hurry you can win this human race
Don’t you worry your a daydream away
"Like a porpoise there’s a rhythm in your breath
a rhythm and a rhyme and a reason to forget
All your worries they’re just getting in the way
think of what you love its a daydream away
Just stare away, stare away into this light
Just stare away, let your visions come to life
Like a rabbit in a hurry against time
its not your enemy everything will be just fine
your in a hurry, you can win this human race
don’t you worry, your a daydream away
be aware of all your visions
be aware of what you love
Just stare away
stare away into this light
Just stare away
let your visions come to life
Be aware of what you love..."-Blake Richardson
Artist Blake Richardson draws upon his visions in the textures of tree bark, in the formations of clouds, and in the natural shapes of rocks and wood carved by the elements in nature.
Blake will often draw a comparison with his art works and the primitive origins of art.
It is well known that in many ancient cave paintings, the natural forms of the cave walls describe features of the images portrayed. Which leads Blake to believe that in some cases the paintings were intended to define a vision rather than to record a story or event.
Mythologies could possibly then have evolved out of the interpretations of those visions.
Blake follows in the footsteps of ancient cultures who have developed a relationship with the land.
His objective to develop a sensitivity and an understanding for why they chose specific sites to commune with the spirits in nature. Blake looks for evidence of rock art (pictographs and Petroglyphs) and explores these areas with his camera, so he doesn’t disturb these historical sights. Reflecting on the photographs Blake pieces together his visions, then works with oil paints on the surface of the photographs, to bring into focus what he has seen. The minimal approach he uses to reveal his visions leaves a window open for the viewers imagination to enter and interpret for themselves.
Upon completion of each painting. Blake begins a journey to discover the message that it holds for him. He searches through mythologies of the past and attempt to identify his visions, then draws analogies between his own life and the stories that reveal themselves to him along the way