The moon danced with the stars on the night you were born...

I was captivated by this quote (unknown author) and wanted to build it into a painting. 

"The moon danced with the stars on the night you were born..."

 

I love the texture!

 This painting is part of a year-long online art class (instructor Gillian Lee Smith).

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New Challenge - Days 1 and 2

I feel like I'm finally really back up and running with my art. The last few weeks have been filled with classroom prep and a purely blissful visit from my brother's family, and I had less time to devote to painting. Yesterday and today, though, I dove back in.

I was given a 7x5 photo mounted on wood...I love when people give me something knowing that I'd just love to paint (over) it! I also got back to a textured piece I started a couple of weeks ago. I so love texture!

Here are the two pieces I'm currently working on.

Layer 1

Layer 2

Layer 3

A portion of the textured piece I'm working on.

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Seeing Beyond the Clouds

It was sheer perfection finishing this piece as it stormed outside. I'm loving the optimism of the pair with their balloon. Unconcerned with the huge gray mass above and seeing beyond the clouds.

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We Love Austin

This was so much fun to create!! From choosing the collage pieces to the final splattering of paint...pure bliss!

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7 Day Challenge - Day 6

I took a blissful few days off from painting while my brother and his lovely family were in town. So wonderful!!! I wasn't driven to add any color today, just black and white and a bit of journaling. This has been quite a process piece for me.

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7 Day Challenge - Day 5

Today I added some color to the background which I allowed to drip downward. I'm rather liking the juxtaposition of what seems like a stormy sky and the playful characters below. Perhaps they sense the colorful sky beyond the clouds.

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7 Day Challenge - Day 4

Journaling is one of my favorite things to do as part of my art. Today I added just three chaotic circles to my painting and then I painted the edges of the canvas black and journaled on them. So blissfully cathartic! This piece brings up a lot of parent child relationship thoughts.

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