You Are Where You Need To Be

YOU ARE WHERE YOU NEED TO BE. Original (SOLD).

Painting this BIG painting was really a reminder to not hold back. 

Whenever I paint big, I feel like I am wasting paint. Because my process is so full of layers, a LOT goes into each piece. 

And this bear started off as a flower then evolved into a very elaborate lion before it got its crown and transformed into a bear.

I am so happy I decided to be bold and take chances with this painting. All of the layers really gave this bear his character. 

I had been so set on making this a flowering lion with an incredible mane made up of layers and layers of this incredible vintage wallpaper I'd just gotten from my sister-in-law.

I cut and pasted in all of these glorious colors and patterns. But the lion just was not fitting together.

He was cute. But I just wasn't attached. So I went ahead and covered up most of what I hated with black acrylic. 

And that left me with the bear's face and a piece of the background that I just could not cover up.

YOU ARE WHERE YOU NEED TO BE. Original (SOLD).

The bear's crown has layers and layers of meaning.

In 2011, I took class with Jesse Reno. It was an incredible journey that included a roadtrip to Big Sur, California. Completely life changing as I was able to plot out and plan my very first ecourse along the way. From there How To Pant An Owl was born.

And within what became this bear's crown, I'd added a little scrap from a painting I did in Jesse's class. 

In that scrap are the words "Little Owl." 

This painting is a reminder... You Are Where You Need To Be.

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