Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Trees are poems...

...that earth writes upon the sky. --Kahlil Gibran



I created this large mixed media painting (4 ft. x 3 ft.) entitled "Home" for Nora's room.




It is inspired by her Pottery Barn Kids bedding with its cheerful trees...



...but I personalized it by adding some extra details, such as our town's 3 mountains, Mt. Rainier, the rainy sky, and the salmon runs.



I love that these are our images of home.


I hope to make her a few more paintings to go along with this theme in the near future.  This took me several weeks--because I only have 15 minutes here and there to work on it, which is a frustrating way to create art if you ask me:)



But, I am happy with the result even if it is at a snail's pace, and I hope Nora is happy with it for many years too!