New Paintings, "You Make Me Feel", "Joy on the Inside, Peace on the Outside"

 8" x 8" x 1.5" each

Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas

 "I love her and that's the beginning of everything."

--F. Scott Fitzgerald

I posted these two together because they just seem to go together. They are a continuation of my hear series, as featured in Daily Candy, but here I experimented with making the hearts pop off the canvas by sculpting them with  a ploymer clay, then attaching them.  They have an organic, raw, simple feel.  In the pics below, taken in my studio, you can get a better visual of how they look from the side.  

It is truly a joy to be able to create from a place of love. I always tell my 4.5 year-old that the biggest gift God gives you when you become a mommy is that He helps your heart open and grow in ways you never thought possible and you learn to love more and more each day. I love it when paintings just flow from a happy place, and this was one of them.


Go get one for yourself or your loved one.  Just in time for Valentine's Day, or as we call it around here, "Love Day". These paintings are currently on display at The Cameron Gallery in Dallas' Design District.

A Joyful Heart

12" x 12"
Acrylic and Mixed on Canvas
SOLD

This commissioned piece was ordered by a dear friend who wanted one more of my heart paintings to hang on her soon-to-arrive daughter's nursery wall. She is actually delivering tomorrow, so to say we were cutting it close is an understatement. She is going to add this one to a cluster of them in the nursery, and I can't wait to see how they all look together.

My original heart paintings have been quite popular since their feature on Daily Candy Dallas back in February, and I am always happy to create more.

I drew the inspiration for this one from Bob Dylan's "Forever Young". The lyrics to this song are collaged in the background under a layer of thick texture. I really can't think of a more perfect wish for a child from their parent, and I wanted this heart painting to be especially for Mrs. R's sweet baby girl.

May God bless and keep you always,
May your wishes all come true,
May you always do for others
And let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung,
May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true,
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you.
May you always be courageous,
Stand upright and be strong,
May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy,
May your feet always be swift,
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful,
May your song always be sung,
May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.