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NEW PAINTING Vernal

 

Vernal, acrylic on panel, 24"x30" sold (thank you so much to my newest collector!!). Questions can always come to me.
This momma bear has been in process for quite some time. I think I started her last fall.

My initial challenge was to explore what changed if the composition went from portrait to landscape and if I turned her gaze to the side. First off, the landscape orientation really softened her body language, and a molten effect settled into her form. And the averted gaze allowed the bear to become lost in her own thoughts.

I took advantage of this shift to paint her as elements of the landscape, then fractured that further into bits of spring, which happens to be showing up (finally!) here in Michigan. I particularly like the echos of petals and leaf growth that flutter across the panel like butterflies and the warming sun beginning to peek out in the east, behind her right eye.

You can see Vernal in greater detail here. Here's a little video that showcases her surface too (it's on my instagram page). And there's a video lesson about the evolution of Vernal; you can find that inside my online classroom where I happen to be currently running a free 7 day trial.

As with any of my work $500+, let me know if you would like a payment plan (30% non refundable deposit with the balance plus s&h paid off within a year) - those are set up on an individual basis and not processed through my website.

Finally, I also wanted to point out the new streamable art journaling lesson on my youtube channel, Cyanometer.

Thanks so much for your interest in my artwork,
All my best, warmly, Kim
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