Kiss Me Heart

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Kiss Me Heart
Since Valentine's Day is approaching, I painted three small heart paintings, and this is the second one I am releasing on my blog and website. (However, they are available through Gallery 317 in Bryan, OH. Please contact me if you are interested in one or three, and I will get you in touch with them!)

 6” x 6”
Painted with artist quality heavy-body acrylic paint on 1.5” deep gallery wrapped canvas

For this series of works, I was considering traditional "heart colors" with accents that made them interesting. Part of the challenge in these pieces was getting enough value contrast, since most of the more traditional colors are mid-range in value. So the white and bright orange work to keep the paintings from being all one tone. I also wanted to use symbols and phrases that are familiar for this February holiday - it reminds me of those little candy hearts with words on them. On this heart painting, can you see the heartbeat and the lace edges? 

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