Yellow Dot is funded!
An Illustrated Short Story
My latest project is publishing a book called Yellow Dot. It is a very special story that I have been working for two years. Yellow Dot recounts an experience I had 18 years ago – when my friend, Elsa, died from inflammatory breast cancer.
We were close and she suffered so much during 18 months of treatments. If you have had a similar experience with a loved one, perhaps you know the anxiety that goes with watching someone suffer. My fear was that her beautiful life would be diminished by the awful ending. I asked Elsa to find a way to let me know that she was ok – and she did. She took me to a fantastic place and shared a very meaningful parable about a yellow dot. It was a beautiful and deeply meaningful journey that caused me to change my ideas about suffering and death.
Over the years, I have shared the story with friends and family. Every time I have been urged to paint the imagery and make the story available. As I am an artist, and the story is quite visual, I have promised that I would tell it if I could capture the imagery. The things I saw and felt are difficult to capture, so I chose a stylized presentation. I hope the text and artwork together, conveys they story adequately.
I finally found the look I wanted and have produced 16 mixed media paintings. To make the images, I used drawing, painting and collage - creating many of the collage papers myself. I still need to get print quality digital files, I have engaged an art photographer, and had proofs done for two images.
I launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the digital files and publishing of the first 100 books. It will ran through April 15th 2017. I am working on the photos, final revisions of the text, formatting and cover design. I hope to have everything completed and order the proof in early May. Barring setbacks, the books and prints should be delivered before the end of May!
The books will be available through Amazon soon.
Additionally, I have started a blog called Artful Reality. A blog post will discuss each of the sixteen images in detail, as well as my experience. I am looking forward to getting some feedback on Yellow Dot. Perhaps readers will share their own stories too.
My latest project is publishing a book called Yellow Dot. It is a very special story that I have been working for two years. Yellow Dot recounts an experience I had 18 years ago – when my friend, Elsa, died from inflammatory breast cancer.
We were close and she suffered so much during 18 months of treatments. If you have had a similar experience with a loved one, perhaps you know the anxiety that goes with watching someone suffer. My fear was that her beautiful life would be diminished by the awful ending. I asked Elsa to find a way to let me know that she was ok – and she did. She took me to a fantastic place and shared a very meaningful parable about a yellow dot. It was a beautiful and deeply meaningful journey that caused me to change my ideas about suffering and death.
Over the years, I have shared the story with friends and family. Every time I have been urged to paint the imagery and make the story available. As I am an artist, and the story is quite visual, I have promised that I would tell it if I could capture the imagery. The things I saw and felt are difficult to capture, so I chose a stylized presentation. I hope the text and artwork together, conveys they story adequately.
I finally found the look I wanted and have produced 16 mixed media paintings. To make the images, I used drawing, painting and collage - creating many of the collage papers myself. I still need to get print quality digital files, I have engaged an art photographer, and had proofs done for two images.
I launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the digital files and publishing of the first 100 books. It will ran through April 15th 2017. I am working on the photos, final revisions of the text, formatting and cover design. I hope to have everything completed and order the proof in early May. Barring setbacks, the books and prints should be delivered before the end of May!
The books will be available through Amazon soon.
Additionally, I have started a blog called Artful Reality. A blog post will discuss each of the sixteen images in detail, as well as my experience. I am looking forward to getting some feedback on Yellow Dot. Perhaps readers will share their own stories too.