The Color of Light: An Artist's Blog

The other day I headed out to the studio and painted like a kid, which for me means painting with abandon and without expectations. I decided to take the composition I had used for that exercise and turn it into a final painting. 

It's from a photo I took the other night of my front yard. Sitting out on my front porch as the sun was going down, with my husband, and the deer and bunnies and hummingbirds, the title of this piece, Where the heart is, came as naturally as breathing. 

I worked on dark blue Pastelmat. This is a wonderful archival French paper that gives paintings a dreamy and translucent effect with beautiful soft edges. I hope you enjoy it.