
The Wise Old Wizard Painted

by David Luebbert
Title
The Wise Old Wizard Painted
Artist
David Luebbert
Medium
Digital Art - 2d/3d Digital Painting
Description
This is David's painted version of The Wise Old Wizard 3D model rendering that came from his ZBrush created model, which he used as a reference, and hand painted with Corel Painter. Wizards are characters that have been known to carry a wealth of meaning.
From the book, The Soul's Upward Yearning, by Father Robert Spitzer:
"Carl Jung (1875-1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who started the school of analytical psychology. Though a student of Sigmund Freud, he disagreed with him, particularly in the area of empirical reductionistic method, believing that the psyche, particularly the unconscious, is beyond strict materialism. Jung believed that the unconscious dimension of the human psyche comes into the world with "archetypes", presumably from heredity. Since archetypes affect the dreams of children and adults in similar ways in virtually every culture, Jung believed that they came from a common heritage refined through thousands of generations. He calls this trans-generational common heritage "the collective unconscious". Since many of the archetypes are found not only in dreams, but also in myths, a brief look at Jung's theory will prove helpful.
"For Jung, archetypes are not images or symbols per se; they are the potential for symbols (that is, the potential that translates an image into a symbol when actualized in the conscious mind). Since they are "potentials" in the unconscious, they can only be deduced from dreams, rituals, myths, and art. These unconscious potentials have meanings that are essential for knowing one's place in the world and the cosmos, one's meaning in this life and the next, and one's relationships with others and God. When these unconscious potentials surface within the conscious psyche, they attach themselves to images, enabling these images to convey the archetype's meaning.
"Some prevalent archetypal figures are great mother, father, child, devil, god, wise old man, wise old woman, the trickster, and the hero. We can see several of these archetypes within ancient and contemporary myths (such as those of Tolkien, Rowling and Lucas)..."
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David has always been good at sketching exactly what he sees and as faithfully as possible, that is, if he can see it first, this has become his ADVENTURE, once he helps that subject become reality, he finds something else he has not created before, something that he yearns to paint. For David, style and technique are secondary in importance to the subject, making them transparent, so the subject can form completely as it should without him interjecting his own personality. The joy of creating, the love of the Creator and appreciation of Creation itself is what drives this whole process, more than anything else. Starting with an idea, a concept, he starts sketching, imagining, studying, creating the subject and composition, then develops the idea into his painting. The adventure of creation is not about David, it is about letting the creation come into existence, and his sole goal as an artist is to experience the joy of creating something fun or enjoyable, and to be able to share those creation experiences with all others.
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April 18th, 2023
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