Sleeping Woman

A series of murals I did to honor the victims of the 2018 Camp Fire tragedy in Paradise. Please reach out if you’re interested in high resolution... more

by Shane Grammer

Title

Sleeping Woman

Artist

Shane Grammer

Medium

Photograph

Description

A series of murals I did to honor the victims of the 2018 Camp Fire tragedy in Paradise. Please reach out if you’re interested in high resolution photos, or to collaborate with me on upcoming projects at info@shanegrammerarts.com.

A gentleman reached out to Shane via social media with a wall he wanted him to paint. It stood 4 feet tall, and sixteen feet wide. It was made with large rocks that had deep, cutting edges to them. At first viewing, Shane lacked vision for what he would do with it. This is not a typically ideal canvas to paint on, as the texture needed to be addressed in the art.

Shane really wanted to honor the owner of this wall, but could not find the right idea. It was 11PM at night at the time, Shane spent all day working when he was sent another gentle, persistent reminder from the owner that his wall would be available to paint on. As a Christian, Shane in exhaustion, prayed to Jesus for inspiration, for clear direction. Leaving his laptop and turning in for the night, he went to find rest with his wife.

Then at 7AM, Shane turned over to see his wife sleeping before him. He instantly knew what he would paint, and quietly got his phone to take a photo reference. Quickly mocking up the photo reference over the wall, Shane got everything ready to paint. Shane feels the message of this piece is open to interpretation. The final outcome is a beautiful, peaceful image of his wife sleeping in the snow. There is an almost black ring around her face creating a white halo.

Uploaded

June 20th, 2019