A Moment of Joy

A Moment Of Joy

Acrylic on 18 x 24 inch wrapped canvas

My latest painting started out as an abstract color play with a very limited palette of Zinc White, Paynes Gray, Turquoise (Pthalo), Pyrrole Red, Pryrrole Orange, Hansa Yellow Medium, Iridescent Pearl, and Iridescent Gold. And underneath the paint is probably every medium I have in my possession and some beautiful handmade papers. It gives the whole piece incredible texture! 

After sitting with the above abstract piece for a while, I kept seeing an ocean sunset with a dolphin jumping, not a subject matter I usually paint.

However, I enjoyed myself immensely and still now, as I have it sitting on my easel, I just love it when I steal a glance.

In the above photo you can see some of the iridescent color in it, which makes it look slightly different when the light changes.

I am not sure if it's finished yet. I'll sit with it for a while longer and will probably refine a few areas.

If I change it, I'll show it to you again.

And in the meantime, I wish you many, many moments of joy!!