In Process

Thursday rolled around too quickly this week, so you might want to enjoy some of the finished projects the lovely people created over at...
Here is my offering for the week, an unfinished mixed-media piece entitled Surrender, inspired by my thoughts on the singular incident that radically altered Mary's life between a visit from an angel (that alone would set you on your ear!) and the welcome from her pregnant cousin. It began as a photo of a friend wrapped in a piece of fabric in my living room to get an idea where the folds of Mary's robe might be


With that trusty reference on my computer screen, I loosely painted the placement of Mary. From there I affixed pieces of a crumpled paper bag in the general shape of the robe. What followed was a couple of hours with various sized brushes, some Golden Ultramarine and Titanium White acrylic paint. A lovely afternoon passed, I must admit. Here is the outcome...



And a close up of Mary's face...


The finished painting (soon, I promise) will be the visual half of a visual-verbal collaborative piece slated to hang in the Fireside Room of Hilcrest Chapel in Bellingham, WA in the RU4ME Art Exhibit during the month of December 2010. My co-collaborator is gifted writer, Christin Taylor, who will add her written response to the finished work. I am truly honored to work with this gifted woman and anticipate her response with excitement. If you are up near Bellingham, plan to come see the finished piece.

What are you working on these days?