I had the pleasure of collaborating on a project with my husband,
Daniel M. Strickland. His debut novel,
Synergeist, has launched! My part in the collaboration process was the painting for the cover and having the privilege of being an early reader.
One challenge to painting a cover for the book was to try to capture the idea that energy is created when someone makes something. The art created continues to hold some energy after the artist has moved on.
As someone who has cried while standing in front of a five hundred year old painting, been moved to tears in a centuries old church, felt energized by words written by an author long dead and gotten shivers from music, this concept makes sense to me.
As is always the challenge, how does one capture the visceral with these meager visual tools? It sparked many interesting conversations around the dinner table about what something so etheral should look like.
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| Synergeist, 20x16, oil on panel, 2015 |
Click below to see more painting details and info about the book.
