{"id":890,"date":"2015-09-10T12:46:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T19:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/?p=890"},"modified":"2015-10-10T01:02:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T08:02:16","slug":"painting-the-fog-is-painting-the-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/2015\/09\/10\/painting-the-fog-is-painting-the-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting the Fog is Painting the Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;;width: 55px;\" name=\"fb_share\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=125029517579627&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/2015\/09\/10\/painting-the-fog-is-painting-the-mystery\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><figure id=\"attachment_895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-895\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150829_163924-1-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150829_163924-1-1-1-600x463.jpg\" alt=\"Fog River\" width=\"474\" height=\"366\" class=\"size-large wp-image-895\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150829_163924-1-1-1-600x463.jpg 600w, http:\/\/ryanwilliamsart.com\/artblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/20150829_163924-1-1-1-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fog River (2015) by Ryan Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>My most recent project, Fog River, had been in my head since last winter. Of all the seasons, I firmly beleive winter holds the greatest mystery. The windy nights, cloudy days, and foggy mornings seem to all hold back a secret. Fog River was painted with the intention of capturing that mystery. A lot of people hold winter to represent death in the cycle of life while spring is the rebirth. I&#8217;m not sure I hold the same viewpoint. With all of the active weather we see in winter, wind and rain etc., I equate that activity to the rapid development of a new life in the womb. I think the actual &#8216;death&#8217; symbolically takes place on the last day of autumn. I mean really &#8211; when you&#8217;re dead you&#8217;re dead. Do we really think winter is about dying over and over again? No way. Winter is Mother Nature&#8217;s way of saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m expecting again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I guess I have a different perspective on the seasons and the cycle of life especially since I just had my first child this summer. It was a challenge to complete a painting while tending to a newborn. I ended up painting a lot in the middle of the night since I was up for the feedings and changing already. The windows for painting were very small that first month, but after a week of sneaking in short painting sessions, Fog River is what I now present. I enjoy the occassional landscape as it&#8217;s a nice reprieve from the minutia of portrait and figure painting. If you would like to purchase the original or a reproduction then please visit my store.<\/p>\n<p>Up next&#8230;.it&#8217;s our time down here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My most recent project, Fog River, had been in my head since last winter. Of all the seasons, I firmly beleive winter holds the greatest mystery. The windy nights, cloudy days, and foggy mornings seem to all hold back a secret. Fog River was painted with the intention of capturing that mystery. 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