Balloons

I am back!!! Life and work have been very busy lately and I have not been able to post any new stuff in a while. I did manage to find the time to finish this painting for my mother-in-law who was in town to visit the family. This is my first painting that I have done on canvas which I found much easier to work with than my masonite that I have been working with up to this point. What I like about this picture is that it is simple and fun (it is going to be hung in the kids room at grandma's house) but retains some of the elements that I really like about my art, mainly simple shapes arranged in interesting grouping and it gives the sensation of movement. But the best part of this painting is that all of the black balloon strings are actually sewing thread (you can tell from the picture of the back of the painting). It made me more excited to do more paintings on canvas.

I have done more sketching lately so hopefully there will be more posts to come in the near future. Feel free to leave comments to let me know what you think.