30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 16

It"Interrupting Chicken of Love" - mixed media on aquabord, 9" x 12".  Ready to frame, or can be leaned on a shelf.  Available on etsy.

Now it's he and not you
Who'll be stuck with a shoe,
In a stew, in the goo.
And I've learned something, too,
Something I never knew,
On the steps of the palace.
                 From "On the Steps of the Palace", Into the Woods



Stuck with a shoe, in a stew, in the goo - oh yes, that was my day with art.  This piece took ages and ages.  I built it up, I scraped it down.  I built it up again, and scraped it down again!  There were at least three points where I was ready to chuck this in the trash and start a new board, believing this one to be cursed.   And then, out of nowhere, it reached a point where I caught my breath a little and said "Oh!" and saw something magical taking place.   I'm glad I stuck with it - it is now my all time favorite of my abstracts!  

Fairytale characters are like that...faced with insurmountable odds, dragons, beasts, trolls. But they keep going, long past the time when most of us would throw in the towel.  And they win, they are transformed, the story ends and another begins.  If it weren't for this month's theme and the forest of fairytale creatures camped in my studio, I would have given up on this painting.  But a theme is a theme, and now I've learned a valuable lesson about art from fictional characters.

So it seemed only appropriate to let the universe name this piece of art in the same way it decided if and when it would actually become a painting.  I began playing with an abstract title generator (you're going to love this - check it out here) just to see what would come up.  When I saw "Interrupting Chicken of Love", I laughed out loud and knew it was the one!    The universe has a weird sense of humor. :)

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Today's "Pay What You Can" piece is "Sophie", watercolor crayon on paper, 6" x 8".   This piece will be shipped flat.  Shipping is anticipated to be around $6.


Email me at [email protected] with how much (or how little) you'd like to pay for this cutie (shipping will be added).  The winner will be selected at random and notified via email in 24 hours.