This is my latest Muse piece, my painting style is swinging around like crazy at the moment. I’m experimenting a lot with trying to make my art more enjoyable to make and to look at.
I thought this would make a great Illustration Friday picture–the theme this week is ‘Atmosphere’. When I was painting this, the qualities I wanted the Muse to represent were air and lightness.
I’m preparing for a big art project that involves lots of Muse paintings–this is not quite the look I’m going for but I felt good after finishing this one, I feel like I’m progressing and getting closer to the look I want.
It’s very different from the Gypsy Fire painting, and also from the earlier Muse painting I posted. I’ve only recently switched from Goauche paints on paper to doing acrylic paintings–it feels like a whole new world is opening up for me. My studio is starting to fill up with paintings, some surpisingly good and some total crash-and-burn efforts. I’m learning some great things from the failures though, and they can always be painted over.
I’m doing a lot of thinking, and writing about the creative process and how we get inspiration. When I’m not writing I’m painting, and a part of my mind is tracking what’s going on there as well. The more I keep the idea of muses in my mind, the more real they seem to me. It’s like having a koan ripening inside me, I’m just waiting for all the pieces to come together.
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Very interesting. This picture reminds me of the good old days of childhood. An especially fond memory is when I had a huge bottle of bubble liquid sitting on the back steps, while I blew bubbles and watched my brothers try to catch them.
I love the background colors you used with the different shades of blue. Reminds me of bright blue skies, free of clouds and fog.
Good memories, indeed.
I do like the bubbles here! very nice colors too with the blue and green. I love your fortune cookies for breakfast piece, too!
I think your experiments using different mediums are great – just remember to enjoy the doing the work as you master it
I love acrylics – great for using your fingers to push the paint around or to experiment with texture gels and so on. The airiness of this image is lovely.
Thanks for leaving a comment on my Illu Friday!
Enjoying your painting. Love the color pallette and the bubbles! Looking forward to more of your muse work.
@ Christina, I’m glad it evoked those childhood memories for you. There’s something about blowing bubbles that just brings back childhood and a sense of play isn’t there? Thanks for stopping by.
@ Heather, thanks, I love working with that gold paint. Glad you enjoyed the fortune cookies piece too.
@Elaine, Thanks, I’m really enjoying the experimentation. And, yes, I’m happy for any excuse to finger paint!
@Hybrid J, Thanks, glad you enjoyed. More Muses on the way.
Cheers
Hi Dave! Beautiful work. I really like your style. Very soothing and original painting. Loving blessings!
Hi Andrea,
Thanks for stopping by and for the kind words,
Cheers