M.O.M. Hummingbirds 2 (in memory of mom)
digital art | 2023
August 17, 2022 will be a moment that I think will stay with me for the rest of my life as it is when my mom passed away. A year ago, today you left us. I must admit the past year has been filled with some very dark and low moments scattered with happy ones here and there as I go through the grief process and all the emotions that entails.
Throughout this past year more and more I have been noticing hummingbirds coming around me. In the garden, wine tasting, doing errands, etc. I’ve gotten into the habit of saying “Hi Mom” every time I see one, knowing that though she is not here physically she is with me.
So today I wanted to release the first in my new series M.O.M. (in Memory Of Mom) Hummingbirds. Brand new original watercolors were painted and then used in this new digital art composition.
I love you mom and miss you every moment of every day.
…Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning. – Psalm 30:5 NLT
Soul is part of my original 10-piece Persona series which has grown and developed over the years. This composition specifically focused on the ideal form of ballerinas merging two poses into one composition. I love working with bright color, movement, and spontaneity.
Soul is part of my original 10-piece Persona: A Figurative Series | Digital Art
This past year I began to focus on the traditional ballerina shapes and silhouettes again. The tutus, the point shoes, the buns, tiaras, elegance, and full extension. In Wholeheartedness I loved combining these two ballerina poses together to create a new perspective. The color combination of the yellows and greens I think makes the figures pop even more. I hope you are liking new work. It is becoming one of my fan favorites.
Wholeheartedness is part of my Persona: A Figurative Series | Digital Art, 2021
Vino’s Individuality II is part of A Grapevine’s Persona, a digital art series, which focuses on the world of wine, vines, grapevines and grapes.
The silhouette of this composition are of cabernet sauvignon grapevines from a wine tasting event at Robert Young Estate Winery located in the Alexander Valley in Geyserville, CA.
Aspire Hope is part of my 2020 Shelter In Place | Covid-19 | Digital Art Series. I wanted to focus these new works on what brings me to bring me JOY in my life: the human body in motion through dance and color.
Aspire Hope is one of very few compositions where it is a couple that dance together (male and female), rather than multiple figures that overlap each other. I imagine they are dancing to Tchaikovsky’s ballet of Romeo and Juliet. I used different set of level adjustments for this piece and fell in love with this new color palette of pinks, purples, blues, and a bit of cream. I hope it aspires hope in your life to long for the day when we can see live performances once again whether a musical theater production, the ballet, opera, and other live performance.
