12”x9” mixed media watercolor, guache, acrylic, collage
Please enjoy a celebration of pink paintings this month, in honor of breast cancer awareness. I paint for my friends and family who have fought the good fight against cancer, for their families, and for all caregivers who help along with the journey toward a healthy self (body, soul, and spirit). In my strokes of pink, are prayers of strength and heal. I keep a list of names by my easel as I paint. Let me know in the comments if you would like me to add a name to the list.
14”x11” oil on panel . Baylor Hospital, Dallas.If you look carefully, you can see a glimpse of the many people William touched with his music today. 🎶 🎼 🎵 it was so fun to listen to him play as I painted!
I painted Mark at Baylor hospital in Dallas. He played the Viola while I painted, it was delightful!
I painted mark from life, and then managed to bump my easel and cause my panel to fall off my easel. There is now a copy of that painting on my shirt!This was the first painting. Since I smeared this painting when I dropped it. I painted it again. Between songs, I asked Mark about his practice habit. Ever since I read Twyla Tharp’s “Creative Habit” book, this is one of my favorite questions to ask writers, artists, and musicians. He told me that he still practices everyday, and today he needed to learn a piece of music he composed. I wondered what that would look like for me as an artist…
When I “compose” paintings in my mind…there are lost edges, creative color, and bold brushstrokes. I don’t worry so much about the details, but about the overall mood. In my landscape paintings I am often successful in painting the image in my head. I struggle to do so with people. So on my second painting of Mark, I tried to painted him the way I see the finished painting in my mind. Since I worked from a photo, I snapped a photo mask free! It looks pretty rough up close, but I am delighted with the painting, it is pretty close to how I composed it in my head!
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