I just made it through two days of the flu with my girls, my house is a disaster! I just ate cookies and am feeling chubby..... BUT I have just started what could be my best painting yet! I love, love, love this new painting! I already want to keep it, which is always a good sign. This is only a portion of it, the canvas is 5x6 ft. There is something about painting on this scale that seems to bring great things out of me. On the left is my daughter Eve holding a construction paper bee. This is the kind of thing that I LOVE, this kind of creation that only young kids are still free enough to create. On Eve's shirt I reproduced some of her writing from an assignment she brought home from 1st grade. She is listing the benefits of plants... love her sounded out writing.
I have also started to draw on the clothing some of the architectural reference I took photos of during my recent visit to Seattle. I love this stage of the painting, sketched and a little bit painted... sometimes I just want to stop right here. There is something so beautiful about the creation process itself.
4 comments:
BEAUTIFUL! Need I say more.
Yet another winner, Melissa. I would love to be a little fly on the wall of your studio and watch you paint.
This piece has a quiet elegance to it. I like the muted tones contrasting with the saturated color in the faces. The faces have depth, and as always your gorgeous line quality.....and the size of the piece! Boy howdy...it's brave! You are so fantastic...always love to see what you are up to.
Awe inspirering! Well, you get the point even though I can't spell.
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