As a visual artist, I’ve experimented with various mediums, but over the years, I’ve let my paint brushes collect dust while I explored soft pastels. 

I found myself in love with the richness of color, and how quickly I could capture the emotion I envisioned with soft pastels.  For once, I found a medium that could keep up with my inspiration.

But lately, I’ve been wanting experiment more…challenge myself to embrace the muse in all her shapes & forms.  So tonight, I picked up the paint brush for the first time in years.  While I didn’t have much time to paint, I was able to get a solid layer for a series of 12″ x 12″ paintings I have planned out.  Unlike my ususual style of female portraits, this time I’ll be exploring various acrylic collage techniques.  One of the paintings will feature a Buddha image.  Another a peacock.  And the last two paintings will feature a lizard and lotus.  While they are all images that have been painted before, all of these images hold meaning for me that I wish to capture on canvas.

As Jill Badonsky states in The Nine Modern Muses: 

If we pay attention to the present moment, we will discover that inspiration is not elusive or out of reach…Creative electricity is everywhere, and when we connect to the voltage of our awareness, anything in our environment can be come a conductor of new ideas.  Everything from the way the grass blows to the music of a child’s laughter can become art of our lives and the substance of artistic expression.

[Submitted for this week’s theme “A Passion for Canvas” @ Step Outside your Box Saturday]