Sunny and 69 Degrees

Sunny and 69 Degrees

 Spring just seems to require me to paint it. I find the deep blue sky with lime green leaves to be so visually stimulating, and it seems like the spring blossoms are shoving each other out of the way to be next in full bloom and fragrance. 

Update: Sold.

12" x 4"

Painted with artist quality heavy-body acrylic paint on 1.5” deep gallery wrapped canvas

Edges painted black

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It feels to me like spring is such a time of renewal, and I sure need that after winter months. I wanted to try my hand at representing some of what I feel and see when I am out walking this time of year, and to see whether you can feel it too through this little abstract painting. I think it may be the first time I have painted using this size and shape canvas, and it was fun and challenging at the same time. 

The shapes toward the top of the painting suggest a spring tree with leaves just budding out, and the long lines are trunk and roots digging deep for strength for new life. Can you see those things? 

The whole painting was done with palette knives, and I love the focus it requires of me to get the paint to just the spot I want it to be. I also do like a few of the "happy accidents", to quote Bob Ross! 

Isaiah 43:19 Look, I am about to do something new;

even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,

rivers in the desert.