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The Harpist (2021) Drawing by Edwin Loftus
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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind)
Drawing,
Pastel
on Paper
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Dimensions
10x10 in
Dimensions of the work alone, without framing: Height 7in, Width 7in - Framing This artwork is framed (Frame + Under Glass)
- Categories Drawings under $1,000 Symbolism Musicians
In this image I felt the harp itself needed credit as well and with it those designers and craftsman that have contributed to this instrument's evolution and so, the rendition of the end of the harp as a waterfowl floating and spreading it wings in preparation for flight.
The harp and its cousins, the zither, the lyre, the clavichord, psaltery and many more, create ethereal sounds through lack of damping and laws of harmonics in which the sound produced exceeds the musician's efforts to produce those sounds. Strings vibrate that have not been strummed and continue to create music beyond the musician's efforts to do so.
Like the "Birder" who releases the bird's constraints to let it take flight and trusts it to return of its own volition, the harpist sets sound in motion and lets its progress flow outward, following this uncontrolled sound with new harmonics in which the design emerges.
When we listen to the harp, our prelinguistic brains identify harmonies that echo patterns beyond sounds that are fundamentals of our existence as sapient beings. The harp does not possess all of the potentials of music you may desire, but it is the instrument of angels for a reason. As Roscelinuss dreamt of a "Perfect Island" that did not, in this world exist, the harp reminds us of a better self that we have lost, as Paradise lost is recalled in our imaginings, so our greater potential selves, our angels fallen, is recalled in such music and that is why we call it "ethereal."
Would that I had the skill to express this in imagery, as other, greater artists have, as you may recognize if you think about it in this framing of resonance. Alas, I have only the skill to refer to it and hope it, like the sounds of the harp, may set free your memories of that greater state of being.
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Edwin Loftus is an American painter and draftsman born in 1951. His interest in art began at the age of 4 when he decided to draw something real rather than working from his imagination.
As a child he excelled at drawing and as a teenager he began to experiment with oil painting. In college, he took courses in art and art history and realized that true art had nothing to do with the quality of the drawing or painting, but that it had to have the ambition to push the boundaries and expand the visual experience.
He also studied philosophy, psychology and history and quickly realized that it was just another art establishment trying to defend its elitist industry and reward system. Their skills were almost non-existent, they knew nothing about psychology, perception or stimulus response, and they were extensions of the belief system that made communism, fascism and other forms of totalitarianism such destructive forces in the world. They literally believe that art shouldn't be available to ordinary human beings, but only to an elite "sophisticated" enough to understand it.
Edwin Loftus realized that the emperors of art had no clothes, but they were still the emperors. Gifted in art, he worked hard to acquire this skill. So he found other ways to make a living and sold a few artworks from time to time. For sixty years, many people enjoyed his works and some collected them.
Today, Edwin Loftus is retired. Even if he sold all his paintings for the price he asked, "artist" would be the lowest paid job he ever had... but that's the way it is. It won't matter to him after he dies. He just hopes that some people will like what he does enough to enjoy it in the future.
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Nationality:
UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1951
- Artistic domains: Works by artists with a certified artist value,
- Groups: Certified Artists Contemporary American Artists
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