Dreaming and Paint Party Friday!

Dreaming... 

always one of my favorite things to do!

I recently had the chance to put a show together 

and I decided this piece was to be my 

inspiration piece for the whole show.

Interestingly enough, it was not finished at the time.  

If you remember, I've been working on this and showing bits 

and pieces of this for quite some time... 

unfinished as it was.

I've sold cards and prints, even had offers for the painting.  

But deep down inside, like only an artist knows, it wasn't yet 

time for us to part ways.  

Something told me I still had work to do!

This is the way it's looked for a little over a year. 

I loved it...

but still wanted it to say more.

So while planning the show, it made perfect sense 

to end with and

build the show around this painting.   

The name of my show is called "Evolution of a Dream", and it

takes the viewer along a 5 year journey from 

fear and hopelessness to strength, freedom

and a place where dreams really do come true.

I thought long and hard while working on this,

about the road I have traveled and all of the things

I've learned.  The show came together easily as my work

always reflected my life at the time.  

The difficult thing was choosing

only 32 pieces to show!  

{Which I will show another time}

As I looked at the pieces and thought about myself,

I knew exactly what this one needed to be finished.

In just the way my life has been filled with layer after layer

of experiences, people, places and things... all coming together to make a beautiful life,

this painting needed that too!

Surrounded by my favorite tools, I began adding all of 

the things it needed to "become real".  

All of the marks, words, thoughts, prayers,

music, colors and dreams... 

running through my own head...

all onto this canvas.

And then, as quickly as I began, I was finished.

The painting was ready...

the show was ready...

and I was ready!

Ready to move on, leave the past behind,

and begin a new chapter...

filled with love, life,

and lots of dreams.

BIG dreams!

xoxo 

I'm linking up today with an extraordinary group of artists

belonging to Paint Party Friday!  Stop over, click on

their links, and see some amazing works of art!

Thanks!!!