Into the Mystery Collection

This series of Look Up paintings are the result of getting back in to my studio after a difficult season in which my spirit was drained and my creative practice halted. In the midst of trying to get back into a creative flow, I was asked to participate in a benefit concert for On Stage 4 Cancer. I am certainly no musician! But the idea of bringing all of the fine arts together to help a beloved teacher in need was something I could get behind. I decided to donate a painting I would finish live alongside the orchestra on stage and then auctioned off.  The piece was designed with vibrant, lively colors and I also incorporated sheet music from the concert into the painting.  I will never forget the experience of sharing a stage with the orchestra and vocalists, feeling the vibrations of all the different instrument's music move through me as I painted.  It lit a spark in me.  The work that has followed this experience is more playful with color, includes bits of sheet music from songs that inspire me and conveys a sense of wonder, liveliness, and love