So it’s my attempt at really understanding and experiencing different points of view and bringing that into my own life experience. “They have the good, and they have the bad. I think all these different belief systems, they have everything,” said Allen. “We have potential to be our absolute best expression, but we also have the potential to show our worst expression. I think there’s a lot more to us as human beings and our spirituality than meets the eye.” You know, the idea that they kind of tell you to get in the boat, and instead of getting in the boat… rowing to the other side of the river or whatever the metaphor is, you stay in the boat and stay in the middle of the river – which is great, but I think it runs deeper than that. I’d love to be able to experience that with my family, but I find that sometimes religion doesn’t necessarily teach the idea of it being an inside job. (Courtesy of Rick Allen)Īllen on exploring religion and spirituality: But the fact still remains, these incredible, incredible artists inspired me probably to the point where I wouldn’t necessarily be doing what I’m doing today if it wasn’t for the likes of Jimi Hendrix or John Lennon.” Rick Allen in front of his painting of Johnny Cash. “In amongst ‘Wings of Hope,’ I’ve been doing the ‘Legends’ series, which is paintings of people that really inspired me through the years – musicians, singers, drummers, you name it,” said Allen, “But unfortunately, people that aren’t with us anymore, people that are passed. Hopefully, with that in mind, we can somehow put this behind us in the not-too-distant future.” We all need something to look forward to. We’re in this terrible situation with this worldwide pandemic, and I feel ‘Wings of Hope’ is something that we all need at the moment. “I did a piece a long time ago called ‘Wings of Hope.’ I just felt like it was very fitting. Themes among the pieces in “Wings of Hope:” “I would take those images, and I would print those onto canvas and then further enhance the imagery that we discovered.” And obviously, with a long exposure photograph, that would excite the whole idea of being able to paint in mid-air,” Allen said. So every time I hit one of the drums or one of the cymbals, the stick had these LED lights inside the stick, so the stick would glow. What we would do is we would set the camera up in a dark room, and then I would sit behind the drum kit with a stick that lit up. “ actually started out as long-exposure photography. The 48-year-old, one-armed British drummer, who has lived in California for 21 years, is relaxed and seated at a table on the patio of a busy Santa Monica cafe. Not many people know this, but I suffer from PTSD, and I find that music and art are actually really healing very therapeutic activities.” “You know, I still kept going with my photography and just abstract art in general, but it wasn’t really until my youngest daughter was born eleven years ago, and it wasn’t long before we discovered painting together, which was really nice because it reignited my passion for art, and it was a great thing we could do together to connect…. “It’s well documented that I joined Def Leppard at the age of 15, so then music kind of consumed me at that point,” said Allen.
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