Three steps of this multi-layered painting for week 2 of Let’s Face It 2023.
“Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely. Light and colour, peace and hope, will keep them company to the end, or almost to the end, of the day.” ― Winston Churchill
I painted this portrait in tones of black and white with a burnt umber base painting. I had fun playing around with it in Filter Forge so put these 4 renditions together. Original posted below. The image was found on Unsplash.
Art is detail from an art journal spread inspired by a Book of Days lesson. So much news theses days is depressing so I decided to go for positivity with this quote.
Yesterday as I was sitting outside enjoying a nice afternoon and my garden one of our smoke alarms went off in the house with loud blaring and saying “fire fire fire” again and again. For those who know my back story my husband and I had to flee from a wildfire that destroyed our neighborhood and our home 5 years ago in California. When we moved to Colorado one of our brand new smoke alarms did this same thing in the middle of the night. Apparently smoke alarms that are supposed to have a life of ten years can go out at any time. The one in our Oregon home was 3 years old. Anyway, this experience triggers PTSD for me thus today’s choice of quote. Although there was not a fire, the fact that an alarm is blaring that there is one is utterly frightening to someone in my circumstances. Both in Colorado and here in Oregon we asked for the fire department to come out to verify that all was well. Situations like this cause me to relive all of the nightmare of five years ago.
Painting is by me. Done for a Lifebook 2022 lesson.