Rusty Painting

Double entendre there. I am quite rusty, and well, there are some rust tones in this. I found some time to do some painting a few weeks ago. At first, while working away, I thought, "I've got something here. This is going to be cool." I had that exciting, flowing feeling. Then, I thought, "Hmmm. I'm pretty rusty. I'm not too sure about this."

It's abstract, but my underlying ideas are specific. There is a work theme (tied to an image I notice in the parking garage of my office). That's this piece.....

And a motherhood baby theme. This piece:

My reflection at this point is around both the texture and composition of the painting. It feels like two separate paintings, and it's close to being split down the middle (which art-types would tell you is bad-- the eye prefers to see things in thirds).

Here's the full view:

But... maybe that's part of the paint that my brain was trying to make. It's perhaps what I'm struffling with. Work and motherhood -- two parts not easily blended??

But in fact, they are blending pretty nicely. I'm letting this one sit for a while, but I'm thinking that I need to come back to it and bring the two parts better together.

Three Little Birds

Here are three bird paintings I did for my daughter's room. Not my usual stuff, but I wanted some original artwork for her room, and it seemed like I needed something "kid-appropriate."


Mila is actually pretty interested in checking them out-- which of course thrills me. We now say hello and wave to the birdies when she gets up from her naps. (And she does like checking out some of my other paintings too!)