I haven't been around much, but I have a good excuse. Art Installation coming soon!

I have been all-consumed, as of late... with very little time to myself, let alone to go on steemit. I have missed you!! But I have a 9 week old baby and tomorrow I also have an art installation going up (I will include photos in my next post!)

Baby Jacob is doing well! I am so in love with my baby boy. I will share some posts about my experiences with feedings in future posts, and about my recovery from surgery, soon.

This post I will let you know a bit about a new painting I have been working on the last few weeks. It is a 15 foot long by 3 foot wide acrylic on vellum painting, with back-lighting. It if for a festival and will be about 20 feet up in the air.

I thought I had an idea of what I was going to be doing with this piece, but it didn't take me long to realize that I had no clue what I was doing with this project! Having to learn as I went revealed things I had not considered and I had to re-calibrate as I progressed. The vellum I received was not as I had originally imagined it and so my technique had to adapt and as I painted the image changed. This is the largest painting I have ever done. I was painting blind until I realized I could suspend the paper against my dining room window and see the way the light cast its shadows, creating a whole other dimension that I needed to consider. I did not document any of this, unfortunately. I was ashamed of my work space, as I do not have a studio...and I was totally pre-occupied with my lovely baby...so it didn't occur to me, until now. I will start taking pics of the execution of this project, though!

Enough about me, how have YOU been this last month?