2020 has been a time of great upheaval and change in my life. As a virus spreads across the world and a quarantine forces us inside we also have the opportunity to look inside of ourselves, tend to the inner garden and face the challenges head on. But often we're left with more questions than when we started. Don't be discouraged by this fact. Questions show a willingness to learn and give us a great place to start. It's not easy shining a light in a dark place. And one of the main questions as an artist that I keep coming back to is "the big why". What is my intention behind becoming an artist or trying to sell a painting? Is it just to make money or is there a deeper meaning? I think back to when I first started painting and how much fun it was, a pure expression of Joy. Painting to me was fun, it still is, and after the last few months it was important to recapture that. So I went back to the drawing board, back to step one and tried to become inspired again. I looked at pictures and paintings of artwork and landscapes and I found this image of an abandoned building in yulee Florida. It was a souvenir shop years ago and is now overgrown with weeds, mother nature is slowly taking back what was once hers. There's a simple beauty in abandoned places, a dark haunting mystery surrounds them. But honestly after looking at the reference photo I had a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach "How am I going to paint this? I thought "Where would I even start"? But the challenge in trying to figure that out seemed like a lot of fun. Being able to piece this together bit by bit was a fun puzzle and gave me a new way to love and appreciate art. So I hope you really like my new painting because I had a great time bringing it to life. "Abandoned Souvenir Shop(Yulee, FL)" 2020. original painting on canvas. 16"x20" AVAILABLE NOW LINK IN MY PROFILE! #art #artist #artwork #abandoned #yulee https://www.instagram.com/p/B-uN-5rHNCo/?igshid=129gcgsykx7ui
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