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| Rising 24"x36" Click HERE for a larger view |
Finally the moment you've all been waiting for has come!
Meet Rising.
At least for the moment that is her working name. Funny how sometimes a title or name comes to either myself or muse #2, aka my husband, easily and other times we struggle to name a piece. With my last piece, Calliope, her name came to me as I was just starting to paint her. Rising has been completely the opposite. There are 2 other names in consideration. Seraphine which stands for Burning Fire and Katness from the Hungry Games ~ Girl on Fire. Please feel free to comment which of the 3 names you like the best.
The interesting thing when I first started painting the Phoenix a year ago this is what I had in mind from the beginning. However, it took 7 tries to finally get there. With each one of them I learned something different which eventually culminated in Rising. She was not without her challenges. For instance the blue background was repainted 5 times till I finally got the "right" blue. Looking at the left hand wing I struggled on that for weeks where as the right hand wing seemed to just flow. There were a couple of other spots that definitely had me swearing more then once! In the long run she emerged just the way she was meant to be. One thing that kept going through my mind as I was getting close to finishing her was this strong feeling she may be the last Phoenix I paint (at least for a while). I felt like as an artist I had finally had my "rebirth" and was ready to move in a new direction that I've been longing to explore. As I was closing in on this painting the universe gifted me, literally, a free spot in a 4 week online painting course called See.Feel.Paint Expressive Faces and Figures which started in mid-November of last year. It was an incredible course which pushed me out of my comfort zone and brought my hidden desire of painting the face and figure front and center. Now I am not so intimidated by the subject and have begun to explore the it wholeheartedly! I'll be sharing my creations from the course with all of you in my next few post.
Until then, please enjoy "Rising"!
Don't forget to let me know which is your Favorite name
Meet Rising.
At least for the moment that is her working name. Funny how sometimes a title or name comes to either myself or muse #2, aka my husband, easily and other times we struggle to name a piece. With my last piece, Calliope, her name came to me as I was just starting to paint her. Rising has been completely the opposite. There are 2 other names in consideration. Seraphine which stands for Burning Fire and Katness from the Hungry Games ~ Girl on Fire. Please feel free to comment which of the 3 names you like the best.
The interesting thing when I first started painting the Phoenix a year ago this is what I had in mind from the beginning. However, it took 7 tries to finally get there. With each one of them I learned something different which eventually culminated in Rising. She was not without her challenges. For instance the blue background was repainted 5 times till I finally got the "right" blue. Looking at the left hand wing I struggled on that for weeks where as the right hand wing seemed to just flow. There were a couple of other spots that definitely had me swearing more then once! In the long run she emerged just the way she was meant to be. One thing that kept going through my mind as I was getting close to finishing her was this strong feeling she may be the last Phoenix I paint (at least for a while). I felt like as an artist I had finally had my "rebirth" and was ready to move in a new direction that I've been longing to explore. As I was closing in on this painting the universe gifted me, literally, a free spot in a 4 week online painting course called See.Feel.Paint Expressive Faces and Figures which started in mid-November of last year. It was an incredible course which pushed me out of my comfort zone and brought my hidden desire of painting the face and figure front and center. Now I am not so intimidated by the subject and have begun to explore the it wholeheartedly! I'll be sharing my creations from the course with all of you in my next few post.
Until then, please enjoy "Rising"!
Don't forget to let me know which is your Favorite name
by commenting in the comment section below?
Rising
Seraphine
Katness
Rising
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I does look like a Phoenix. A very forceful and strong artwork.
ReplyDeleteShelley, thanks so much for your comment. :-)
ReplyDeletehi karen i love your painting and the name "raising" its fine , im from chile !
ReplyDeleteHi Annette, thanks for dropping by and telling me your thoughts! :-)
DeleteWould love to visit chile some day!