Here is another piece for the painting challenge. I feel a lot better since I made the decision not to pump out a painting a day. It just isn't me, and there is no way I can do my best work in a day. I have done two paintings in four days though; both rather small, but I am happy with them.
I will post one tonight. The other one is for the Nibblefest contest, and I just finished it so I have to photograph it tomorrow in daylight. For now, here is "Moirai," a 12 x 12" painting on canvas, with paint chips and paper collaged on.
The choice to use the word "Moirai" as the title has nothing to do with Greek Mythology; I simply wanted a pretty word that meant the same thing as "fate."
The painting shows a tornado in the background spinning and scattering debris, with a rather oblivious woman, apparently surveying the scattered pieces. Three vapor trails can be seen in the sky, heading to, or maybe away from, the tornado, but the viewer has no idea which. Yes, this is a rather dark piece, but this is the sort of thing that comes out of my head.
Happy New Year!
It's been ages since I last posted anything here and, in fact, this was closed down for what I thought would be forever. Instead, I've erased the history and resurrected it, mainly because I needed a place to post thirty paintings in the next thirty days, and blog about it. I've joined a challenge and I actually completed my first painting on schedule. It's just a small thing - 6 x 9" or so. For lack of a better name, I'm calling it Three and Six (there are three balloons and six trees).
I see there are still 29 followers, but maybe you've all given up on me by now. That's o.k. This will serve as a place for me to share my work, and babble on a bit. It's late and I don't have a whole lot to say tonight, but I'll go ahead and share my work and we'll see what pops into my brain tomorrow.
I'm doing this thanks to artist, Leslie Saeta. I don't know her and she doesn't know me. My friend Vicky Knowles directed me to her blog, so thanks Vicky! Click HERE to see all the inspired work for the month of January - there will be a new blog post daily that we all share our paintings on. There will be links to see works from previous days, as they pass.
Here's to the beginning of a great year - fingers crossed.
