Painting

The image came first . . .

One of my favorite modes of expression is painting. Lately I've been playing with watercolors and last night I painted something new. It was late, I was sleepy but I had to get this out of my system. First I see an image and certain colors. I wanted blues, purple, gray and yellow but NO green. Then I concentrate on an emotion and paint what I feel it would look like.

The title of this piece is aspersion. I was thinking about how sometimes we can go overboard with self criticism and the damage it does. In conclusion we must make a conscious effort to love ourselves.