The Begining

Transcend Art

"Pear Trio Study" oil on canvas 11x14 Inspired by Fall Flavors $100

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   I have been holding the idea of doing one for a few years and after delving into a book my lovely mother sent me last week, I finally feel bold enough to start.  I have really just started focusing on my Art over the past year and a half. 

  

   I have always painted, sketched and doodled. But for some reason never really put it out there, until recently. Up into my 20s most people around me didn't know I painted. Its funny, I for so long kept that part of myself hidden to a degree. Of course close friends and family know I am an artist.  Even with the fact that I paint nearly very day for at this point I still have a hard time saying "I'm an Artist", which is silly, right down to my very core, and essence that is what I am. My grandfather was a painter by profession and I have grown up in a very creative family. Traveling a great deal as a child lead to me needing something that was easy to transport, quiet and easy to do anywhere, thus drawing was what I naturally fell into. 

  In the past year or so I have brought a new attention and focus to my art, realizing how much it nourishes me, and is part of my being.  It helps me process the world, and my thoughts, fears, and bliss. Its something I simply do, a compulsion. As a creative type, and one with a deep desire to have a meaningful life, and a right livelihood, I have started taking steps to hopefully make Art my livelihood as well as passion.  Last summer I started painting everyday, for at least an hour. I was blessed to have so many amazing and supporting people around me who advised, encouraged and even payed for commissioned pieces. As I sit and look at my work from the past year or so I am astounded at the volume and leaps by which I have improved. As with anything, there is infinitely more to learn, everyday I figure out another tiny puzzle piece in this magical web I am part of.  I am absolutely terrified to put myself out there in this way, but for some reason it feels like the right step.

In this way I will seek to express my daily struggles, inspiration and all the pieces that help to weave what it is to be an artist.


So, with that being said, here are a few offerings for the week!
 Fall in is the air and Halloween is around the corner. I have been inspired by these themes and have been painting a lot of fall flavored still life's.

My first Autumn still life from last week,  "Squash Study" watercolor on paper. 9x12"

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Inspired by the rich colors of Autumn, Halloween, Samhain, life and death, phases of nature and the change of seasons as we slip into the darker days of winter.

  

 

"Crimson Fox Study", Oil on paper, 12x16" $100

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I have always had a deep love for red foxes, they have in a way always been one of my spirit animals. I tried to be bolder with color on this one then I have in the past, I used some violet blue type highlights in places, and like the effect.

Thank you all for taking the time to look at this! More to come soon.