Amended Heart

Today's IF prompt is perennial. One thing about hearts is that they keep coming back for more, no matter what they've been through.

While I was preparing for classes, this little illustration fluttered out of one of my books. The cracks in the heart make it more beautiful, don't you think? Here's to healing hearts. And their perennial nature.

New Growth

Three Quarter Time

I made this painting because I wanted explore the hangers theme that started in the piece called Off Season, posted earlier in this blog. Both pieces are (for me) about waiting and how we cope with it.

I just figured out that I have been posting incorrectly to Illustration Friday. I apologize to all of you for the confusion this must have caused, not to mention the scrolling! But I know what to do now, so I hope you'll all come back to visit next Friday when a new theme is posted.

I've been grading like crazy and haven't had a whole lot of time to draw or paint. But I have a window this weekend and I hope to make good progress on my drawing about Mrs. Swift. I hope I can post it soon!

Tapestry

For IF: The routine becomes the pattern of life.

This is one of only a few non-figurative paintings that I have done. It had figures to begin with, but I painted them out. You can tell where they were because I left the weaving dark where the figures had been. This painting was in response to the many stories and tales I have read that contain a weaver character who is responsible for the creation of the paths of life, in particular, stories by Orson Scott Card.

The Annunciation

Since Island can mean isolation, I am posting this painting for Illustration Friday's prompt. The girl in this picture is alone in her own world, but the nature spirits in the back are about to lead her out of that sheltered existence. The nature spirits were inspired by Charles DeLint's Crow Girls.