My Spring Love
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Ink, Acrylic and Watercolor
My Spring Love is a painting of my love. It is literal because I tell him he has a
tulip nose, but it has much more meaning showing particular sides of him that I
notice. This painting uncovers and exposes his true character which make me
smile.
New Beginnings
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Ink, Acrylic, and Watercolor
New Beginnings is about the deaths in life we get over. Lives, dreams,
relationships, and more all come to an end at various times in our journey. This
piece is about moving forward after something has ended and making a fresh
and wise start while embracing a new chapter with hope.
Roots For Wings
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Ink, Acrylic, and Watercolor
Roots for Wings is a painting inspired by a mother daughter duo that is uplifting
to see. It is about the mother that grows roots so her child can have wings. This
piece is a celebration of true love.
Tiny Apples
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Ink, Acrylic, and Watercolor
Tiny Apples is about the things we let go in or out that seem harmless because
they are the “small” things we partake in that we should not. These things creep
in and out without notice when we are not paying attention and holding ourselves
accountable.
The Twins
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Mixed Media
The Twins is a piece about the relationship and bond between twins. It is a
cosmic force that cannot be broken no matter what life throws at the pair. It is a
bond that will not break and will stand the test of time, distance, circumstance,
and choices.
Pigeon Park
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Ink, Acrylic and Watercolor
Pigeon Park was inspired by my friend who I love dearly, but I know is capable of being more. He actually started turning into a pigeon when I began to draw him. I was suddenly facing my feelings toward him and his choices as I worked on this piece. Proof that he is cool deep down… he did not freak when he saw this piece. Maybe realizing your being a pigeon is the first step toward the being a better human. This piece is an observation that he is a pigeon. Hopefully, the humorous way he is depicted makes it apparent I am not pointing a finger of doom.
Inside Out
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Ink, Acrylic and Watercolor
Inside Out was inspired by the generations of women and mothers in my family. People always tell me how much I am like my mother and/or my grandmother. I started thinking about all the interesting things we pass on from generation to generation. We pass everything from physical features, personality traits, and even sometimes a complex. There is much more we can pass on good and bad, but that is just a few to name. Either way we are a part of them, and they are a part of us. The younger generation also carries the older to the next generations through the memories and the traits they inherit. I feel particularly close to my mother. So, I depicted these thoughts I just discussed though the mother to daughter cycle of a family.
4 Always
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Ink, Acrylic and Watercolor
4 Always was actually a piece I did after my youngest brother suffered the loss of one of his fingers at age twelve in an accident. This piece was about coming to grips with the fact that this is the new forever. The accident was very intense for our whole family. The aftermath sucked. It still sucks, but my brother is amazing. My family, the community and my brother personally at that time had to stare at the new “4 Always” constantly and process it.
The Glow of Childhood
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Ink, Acrylic and Watercolor
The Glow of Childhood depicts the things that happen in your childhood that can deeply affect you in a disturbing way. My inspiration was drawn from people I know personally. I will not name them of course. Anyone who was so deeply affected by something from their childhood that it has affected the entire course of their life. The child looks like the fire starter. This foreshadows what the child will do or become as an adult symbolically because product of what happened in her home.
Rooted in Life and Death
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Ink, Acrylic and Watercolor
Rooted in Life and Death was a piece I did when going through numerous tests to figure out if I had something seriously wrong with my health. I became obsessed with the cycle of life and death. Coming from the earth and returning to it, and the stages of life and death is something we all have to face. There is something beautifully peaceful about returning to the place you came from.
Weeping
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Mixed Media
Weeping was a work I did after one of my friend’s died. It was a very emotional piece that just poured out of me. One of my friends was mourning her very best friend in the whole world. I was mourning our friend to but because our friend was so young it seemed surreal. I found comfort in creating this piece after seeing a picture of a weeping willow. My friend who was mourning her best friend became the weeping willow.
Marylin
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Ink and Watercolor
I produced Marilyn after looking at some photos of Marilyn Monroe’s last photo shoot. Marilyn has appeared in music, art and movies. I found the pictures of her last photo shoot the most compelling. She was showing her age and she seemed like she was trying to hold on to her image. She was so human trying to be a goddess. Her flaws and imperfections were stunning and alarmingly beautiful.
Broken
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Mixed Media
Broken was inspired by my best friend. I think of all people she did not need another thing in her life to test her trust in others. She did not need to be broken again. It was a true test that year for her. She still is picking up the pieces, and still sorting her head. I know that she felt in the dark. These are things she would probably never say, but I know my friend.
Joan
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Oil Paint
Joan was inspired by part of the history of Joan of Arc. She cut her hair to go fight. It does not necessarily have to be Joan of Arc. I think it is so interesting how liberating it is for a woman to chop her hair off. We do it when we are sad or mad. For some reason it is like putting our middle finger up. The dramatic gesture of it started back when woman did it so they could look like men to do what they wanted or felt they needed to do. It still to this day conveys the fight in a woman to me.
Night and Gale
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Acrylic
Night and Gale shows a woman having a quite alone moment. She probably stepped away from a social event to think. I was trying to capture that moment that she has with herself. It is very private. The Great Gatsby and people watching inspired this piece.
Venus & Mars
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Oil Paint
Venus and Mars is a spin off Botticelli’s painting. I took his idea and brought the characters to modern day. The characters have the same dynamics in addition to new dynamics. I wanted to do a twist on a historic piece of artwork. I tried to tie social, cultural, and modern themes into the piece for another layer beyond the original story of Venus and Mars.
Bunny Me
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Mixed Media
Bunny me was created when I was trying to do to many things at once. This self-portrait was something that started in a sketchbook. I wanted it to be more. So, I made it into a mixed media piece. When I look at it, I feel like I know that bunny. That’s because it is I!
Witness
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Mixed Media
Witness was actually inspired by the character Ophelia in Hamlet. She was a witness to something and then committed suicide. I wanted to capture her sad, short and dramatic life.
My Tree of Life
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Mixed Media
My Tree of Life was a tree about my life. It says under my tree, “My tree of life continues to grow.” I reappear as the bunny under my tree looking up.
The Last Cowboy
- Client:
- Lindsay Criswell
- Company:
- Lindsay Criswell Art
- Deliverables:
- Mixed Media
The Last Cowboy is a myth anymore it seems they are all gone. I wanted to capture him and bring him back. This piece was my attempt to keep him around. I am sure there is a real cowboy like this somewhere still, but I have never met him.
