Odella T. Welch

                  SPEAKING FROM THE HEART!                         

MY ART WORK MANIFESTS A LIFETIME OF REPRESSED ARTISTIC EXPRESSION THAT CULMINATED IN MY FIRST OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING COMPLETED ON JUNE 6, 2004 AND TITLED “FAMILY.”

ALL OF MY ART EMANATES FROM THE INNER VOICE, HEART, SOUL AND SPIRIT OF MY OWN BEING.

I DRAW MY INSPIRATION FROM THE SUBCONSCIOUS, FROM MY DREAMS OF A PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE LIFE AND FROM THE SPIRIT OF MY ANCESTORS.

EACH PAINTING EMBRACES COLORS THAT SUGGEST VIBRANCY, DEPTH AND TRUTH. THEY ENCOMPASS AND DEPICT LIFE FORMS WITH MEANING TO ME WHICH I HOPE OTHERS WILL SEE AND FEEL AS WELL.

EMOTIONS OF HAPPINESS, SORROW, JOY AND DISAPPOINTMENT FIND THEIR WAY TO EXPRESSION ON MY CANVAS WITHOUT CONSCIOUS THOUGHT. 

FROM THE FIRST SELECTION OF A PAINT COLOR TO THE CREATION OF SHAPES AND IMAGES ON MY CANVAS, THE FINAL PORTRAYAL IS UNSEEN AND NOT REALIZED UNTIL THE LAST BRUSH STROKE.

THESE ART WORKS REMAIN UNNAMED AND UNTITLED UNTIL THEY STRIKE A CHORD OF MEANING FOR ME. I FIND MY GREATEST PLEASURE IN THE PROCESS OF COLOR SELECTION; AND THE INTERPLAY OF COMBINING COLORS THAT REPRESENT THE FEELING I AM EXPERIENCING WHILE CREATING. MY MEDIUM IS OIL ON CANVAS.

August, 2015