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I just realized that I did not post this collage I did several months ago. It depicts the calm that is created when you control your mind and live in the peace between thoughts, rather than focus on the thoughts themselves. Take a moment to just focus on your breath and breathing. Relax and release. Then go back to your day.
As we continue on our journey of life we have opportunities to grow and learn. Some are easy and some are difficult. But each one gives us an opportunity to enhance our spirit, learn and develop our personalities. I was thinking on this and dove into my art supplies to see what I had to express this concept and found a set of botanical rub-ons. I drew her face in graphite and watercolor pencils,
painted the canvas, did some stamping and embossing and used the rub-ons to create this image on 12x12 stretched canvas. The butterfly represents the beautiful spirit that we become.
The scanner bed does not show the entire painting, so I will take a picture and post it later. Also, the scanner light washes out the drawing for some reason. There is more depth of color when you see it in person. More technical things to learn about posting art!
