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Hope Filled, the first of five commissioned paintings

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Hope Filled The Hope Project "The Hope Project" - doesn't that sound encouraging? Two other artists and I are commissioned to paint works to hang in a new hospital in our area, and the three of us chose to name this opportunity. I began to mention The Hope Project here in my blog quite a while ago, and have recently been putting almost all of my time in on my part - five large paintings. I will be sharing them one at a time as I get closer to finishing them all and turning them over to be placed in their new spaces.  36" x 48" Painted with artist quality heavy-body acrylic paint on 1.5” deep gallery wrapped canvas Edges painted black Hope Filled will be displayed with a partner painting in a space for a café or lounge area. My hope (and believe me, that word has come up in my mind often every step of the way in this project!) is that staff, patients, and visitors will be encouraged to look closely at the paintings and will be filled with hope when they do.  This