Love, like Water, Rushes In (print)

What a joy to blend creamy olive colored paint onto canvas as it becomes a personality all its own.
This image wasn't in mind before painting, but I felt the impulse for the greens & creams to be placed exactly where they are now.
The title then hit me with a ton of bricks: "Love Like Water Rushes In" a reference to a scene in the powerful book "Hinds Feet in High Places." The main character "Much-Afraid" comes to an enormous waterfall- each water droplet singing with joy as it unreservedly crashes onto the rocks, giving of itself completely. The ultimate expression of Love.
 
The BitterSweet Art Collection
Art creates a wonderful visual language to process and express emotions beyond words. The colors and images in my mind are often influenced by nature and emotion. In the BitterSweet Collection I use earthy, gritty organic mixed media to communicate the emotional BitterSweetness of life. Earthy turmeric, paprika and natural amber shellac are gritty but beautiful in their own right. The muted colors communicate sadness, while the large expressive marks communicate energy and even joy. The ways in which I move the paint are both intuitive and planned, a beautiful marriage of both control and spontaneity.