Decided to rework an older drawing to hopefully be selected for an art competition in my local town! Had to upscale it too, so parts were drawn over. New vs Old.
“Head in the Clouds (1-10)” acrylic and ink on PVC, 59.4 x 84.1 cm, December 2022
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I was so busy with illustration projects last year that I almost didn‘t paint at all. Fortunately, I got a series of ten pieces in at the finish line. The theme started by pondering this ever expanding cloud that we are all supposed to upload our lives to. But the work ended up having just as much to do with a progression of mental states and the seemingly constant need to find clarity. I think these paintings helped me find some peace and beauty by just resting in the turbulence.
Her first painting of the swans and maybe her most famous one and the progression of the image. Really interesting to see the abstraction with every new painting...
The painting of the first swans also appears in the new "Mr. and Mrs. smith" series...maybe as a (western) Ying Yang symbol of their characteristics?