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Art from the Heart

Ink and watercolor by Harry Motro. Art can reach places words cannot. Start with the twelve-picture message below, then watch the creative-process films and browse the virtual galleries further down this page.

A message, in twelve pictures

Read it top to bottom. It starts where a hard day starts and ends where I hope you land. Each picture is an ink line drawing with watercolor flowers.

1. Too many tears?

Two faces, one weeping, and flowers growing from the other.

2. Rain everywhere?

A figure under an umbrella crowned with flowers while the rain falls.

3. Struggling to hang on?

A figure bent like a tree in the wind, flowers on every branch.

4. Don't like what you see?

A figure facing a mirror, with a single flower on the reflection.

5. Let us give you a hand

An open hand with a flower on each fingertip, beside a face.

6. To be seen, even when different

A figure with a vase of flowers for a head, seen by another.

7. To be heard, even when it's hard

Two faces connected by a line of flowers.

8. To share love

A figure offering a cup of flowers to another.

9. To feel love

A child riding on a parent's shoulders, arms wide.

10. To spread love

A row of people of every height, flowers growing from each of them.

11. To fulfill dreams

A sleeper whose dream is a cloud full of flowers.

12. To find peace

A dove resting on a head crowned with flowers.

Creative process: watch the work happen

Eight short films: speed paintings and a speed sculpture, from the first line to the last touch of color.