Description
As the Creek Still Flows is an original artwork rendered in ink on clay by Lindsey Kiser.
The scene was inspired by a photograph taken by Mitzi Adams of Elkhorn Creek in central Kentucky on a cold January day. Interestingly, the Elkhorn is 99 miles long–just one mile shy of being a river. But labels don’t define the Elkhorn and they shouldn’t define you either.
The deepest part of any creek is where it changes course, where it bends. Notably, it is only in the deep where stillness may be found. In contrast, turbulent waters gurgle across the rocky shallows. Isn’t life like that? When you change course, whether in relationships or work, you go deep. And when you go deep, whether in your work or your relationships, you find peace. When work and relationships only get a shallow portion of your energy and attention, disturbance is inevitable.
The creek still flows toward its ultimate destination, regardless of the rocky shallows or bends that lie ahead in its path. Fortunately, like a beautifully composed painting, the beauty of life is in the harmony and the contrast.
ON THE ARTISTIC PROCESS
Lindsey applied fluid ink washes onto a white clay panel. Next, she scratched the colorful ink off with sandpaper, special erasers, tattoo needles, and sharpened sewing needles to reveal the white clay beneath. She layered ink over into those white scratches and repeated the process until the piece was complete.
Details: Signed on the front. May be hung without a frame, because the Claybord is cradled on top of a frame, which has been stained. The piece has a hanging wire on the back.
