Ah, the breathtaking colors that nature reveals! During a peaceful afternoon walk, a simple stick draped in lush moss caught my eye, its stunning hue captivating me in the stillness of the day. After working on large-scale pieces in a square format recently, it was refreshing to create something smaller and in a rectangular shape.
Thrive - this word... encapsulates it all....
So, here are six habits to help you not just embrace your 'new normal', but to thrive beyond it:
It's been a long time since I've done an oil painting.
In this section of the woods, it's very dark and sometimes spooky - it seems to call out 'lions and tigers and bears' OH NO!
Large corporation renovates greeting area and conference room which included four large paintings
It's always so interesting to me how large paintings look in my studio compared to how small they look when hung on big walls in a gallery or business. I love it when I intuitively know something and then learn it's backed up by science. Recently I read: A study conducted at the at the Mauitshuis Museum in the Netherlands found that viewing real artworks, Like Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring', stimulates the brain significantly more than looking at posters of THE SAME ARTWORK, with participants experiencing an emotional response up to ten times stronger when viewing the original piece....!!!!!! WOW!!!!!
The Art of Music Exhibion is a group showing with art pieces that relate to music
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This piece is titled after the Sounds of Silence song by Simon and Garfunkel. Sometimes it's best for the viewer to determine what the painting means to them. And for this piece, I'll leave it at that.
The third year of Art to the Rescue
This is the third year there has been an exhibion of paintings of animals need of a forever home. This year I painted Martha and Billy and they completely captured my heart as well as all the other animals in the show. It's up until September 14 at the AFA Gallery in Scranton - check it out if you're in the area!
