It has felt so lovely to be working on big creative portraits the past few months. I haven’t worked this big for some time and it’s good for me to exercise this muscle. These three pieces are on paper and as you know, that is not my usual substrate but I have been learning lots about it. In the end, I’ve fallen a little in love with how it feels and I may continue exploring this a bit more. The paper is so layered with paint that it ends up feeling a bit weighted and a lot like fabric and I like that feeling.

These pieces together are feeling like a bit of a series and has me thinking I might want to continue growing this series for a bit longer.

Each piece has a narrative and it’s something new I’ve been exploring, the words swirl around my head while I’m painting and then they come together as the piece ends. I’ll share more here about each one in separate posts but you can find them on my social media pages. I’ve been sharing each one’s story with a beautiful piece of music and combining these three elements… image, story and music has been an art practice in itself and one I’m finding particularly moving…

I hope you will too.

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