Some months back, I created a painting on cardboard in a series of deliberate steps. And as I went, I took pictures of each stage of the painting, with the intention of eventually creating a sort of narrative about this creation.
And then I got busy with job stuff and tucked it away in the back of my mind.
Well, the other night, I was showing my work to friends, and I pulled out this finished piece and showed it to them and explained the process I'd gone through to create it. And they thought it was way cool.
The piece I'm going to be displaying in the coming weeks is an end-creation of a deliberate process. A narrative in color and paint, if you will. An experiment in textures and merging of phases. It's the story of a life -- a life of a woman, growing up from a young girl to a full-grown woman.
It's starting out as an online installation, then I'll be turning it into a full-color book.
I hope it will be enlightening and thought provoking. Barring that, I think it will be fun to create. The painting surely was.
More to come...
Strange Bedfellows
Strange BedfellowsA Cautionary Tale for Times of Global Change
Strange Bedfellows is a cautionary tale for our times, a retelling of an epic, intricately detailed dream Kay Stoner received in 1992. This is a story of truth and consequence... entitlement and impoverishment... conscious choice and change... and the hazards of being motivated by self-centered fear and short-sighted ignorance. It is a story about all of us, for all of us... and most of all for our future.
About Me
- Kay Stoner
- I am a seasoned technology professional who has deep experience seeing envisioning and crafting innovative online solutions and bringing complex projects to completion. I have traveled widely and have worked in financial services, high tech, consumer, and enterprise. I'm passionate about sharing my depth of experience with others, so they can learn from my successes -- and my mistakes.