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Head and Heart   Pictured above, Head and Heart, 18"x24", acrylic on panel, sold to a private collector via my First Dibs club (Dibbers get priority purchasing via email notification on all newly signed artwork - join for free right here) . Clicking on the image above or here will teleport over to my website to view the painting in a room setting and zoom in up close to the image. Questions? just reach out.   There is so much I have embedded into this painting. She started out about a year ago I think, and I dumped all sorts of personal symbols in - bits and pieces of a favorite rosebush, the dark horse I dream of regularly, swathes of sky. At one point the earlier version even had wings.  I loved her so much that I also painted an oil study inspired by one of her pause points (what I call an unfinished painting I don't yet have clarity on). I was feeling down yesterday. When that happens I invite one of my emotional support animals to the easel. I had thought of starting a new horse, but when I came into the studio, turned the lights on, my eyes lit on her and my whole body said YES, THIS ONE. So I listened. And returned to adding elements of what I love into the piece. I painted the wings out (felt too obvious), put the roses in a blender (represented how I was feeling), brought the face to life (needed a witness), added a heart shaped sun (wanted to feel love and warmth), gentle drifts of pink clouds (pink=hope) and wove more roses into her forelock (who doesn't want roses in their hair?). As I painted her, I reminisced, too, about all the ponies I longingly drew as a child. 100s of them, on the back side of recycled reports run on that tractor fed computer paper from the 70s that my dad brought home in boxes. I would carefully trim the drawings and tape them up on my bedroom walls. Each pony had a name and personalities and backstories - I can see now that they were precursors to the horses I paint today. As disappointed as I was to never own a physical pony as a child, perhaps that became a blessing in the long run, as it allowed more time with my art supplies, which got me to here. And I have had the privilege of owning far more magical ponies - and other animals - than any girl has a right to. When I backed up to get a good look at Head and Heart after signing, I saw that her little wings returned in the shape of two little rosy buds. Apparently I needed a reminder that we all can fly. Thanks so much for your interest in my artwork, Love you, Kim. PS  Returning collectors please use "COLLECTOR10" at checkout for your repeat offender discount. If you would like a payment plan, reach out directly. A 30% non refundable deposit reserves the painting, with balance due inside 12 months. The painting ships once all payments are complete.