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"Highlights"

6”x 6”
Acrylic on Masonite
I am back. I used to read artists blogs that would say. “It feels good to be back.” I never really knew what they were talking about until now. It feels good to be back! I have a newly found fire in me to paint after being gone for this past week.

After trying to juggle a garage sale, toys coming out of my ears, old spring cleaning, I won’t even try to describe the state of our front closet, and a dinning room table full of papers, I decided to take a week off from painting and blogging to get my house in order, so that I could come back with a “clean” conscious. It seems to have worked so far, I managed to spend the entire day painting and loving every minute of it.

This first painting back has me dealing with light interacting with the figure. I think you’ll probably see more of this theme from in the future. I am also really thrilled that I was able to use red, which I am really fond of, but have rarely used in my recent paintings.


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Doris Glovier said…
Felicia,
Extreme light, indeed! Excellent!
Doris Glovier
June 17, 2008 at 7:25 AM
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