Lightfoot Arts

If you or someone you know is getting married this summer – here is an opportunity that you don’t want to miss!

leah — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:38:27 +0000

—- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ——–

This wedding season, in celebration of love, one couple will be randomly chosen to receive a Lightfoot Arts portrait and have their story told.

Canadian artist Shannon Lightfoot is a profound visual story teller and his entirely unique technique is the culmination of 12 years of development. A scroll saw is used to first cut the images into the board. Then, upon paint application, Shannon is able to choose the elements of the story that he wishes to become the primary and secondary focus of the viewer. From afar his portraits appear to be two dimensional; however, as the viewer soon discovers, a whole story unfolds before the eye as the cutlines reveal images and words hidden at a distance. It is this unique quality that lends such power to a Lightfoot piece. A portrait is never simply a portrait and a landscape is much more than a view, these images grow to become the transcription of a story.

Commissioned work includes wedding portraits, beloved pets, famous athletes, musicians, artists, landscapes and businesses.

To enter, submit your complete contact details by email to info@lightfootarts.com. Include: couple’s full names, your name (if you are submitting on behalf of someone), email, telephone, location and ceremony date. The draw will take place in October 2010. Lightfoot Arts Inc. will contact the couple directly. All contact details shall be held in strict confidence and shall only be used by Lightfoot Arts Inc.

Randy Lum Collection: Queen Elizabeth

zodzilla — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:33:52 +0000

Postpartum

zodzilla — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:32:20 +0000

The color of breast milk, this piece is a deeply emotional one. It is important that it not be misinterpreted. The anger depicted is not of a mother towards her child. On the contrary, Postpartum depicts the anger that surfaces when the new parents are blindsided by the enormity of the task at hand. “Why did no one tell me this would be so crazy?” falls from their lips. The love is boundless and yet also binding. One’s old life is forever changed and in order to be a conscious parent one must evolve every aspect of one’s being. Phrases such as ‘want of flesh’ and ‘grasp me’ tell of the constant demands made upon the new mother physically, emotionally, and mentally. And for the mother that wants to do only the best by her child the pressure of new motherhood can be crippling.

This piece embodies an aspect of parenting that is still rarely acknowledged in an open arena. It will no longer be such a scary topic when we realize that these feelings are the symptoms of incredible growth.

Randy Lum Collection: Marilyn Monroe 2

zodzilla — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:28:00 +0000

Randy Lum Collection: Marilyn Monroe

zodzilla — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:24:59 +0000

Randy Lum Collection: Mao

zodzilla — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:18:01 +0000

Randy Lum Collection: Elizabeth Taylor

zodzilla — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:14:54 +0000

Randy Lum Collection: Mick Jagger

zodzilla — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:10:07 +0000

Fracaswell Hyman and Ricaldo Rhoden

zodzilla — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:05:21 +0000

Randy Lum Collection: Dick Tracy

zodzilla — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:03:35 +0000