Beckoning Hand

"Beckoning Hand"  - acrylic and charcoal on cradled wood panel, 14" x 11" x .75".  Ready to hang (sides are painted; no need to frame.  Hanging wire is attached). Part of the series "A View From the Gorge."   This painting will be part of an ART DROP courtesy of Get the Gallery.  Follow them on social media to find out when and where this painting will be "dropped" for one lucky collector to discover!

There is a faith in loving fiercely 
the one who is rightfully yours
especially if you have
waited years and especially
if part of you never believed
you could deserve this
loved and beckoning hand
held out to you this way.

from The True Love, by David Whyte.

Beckoning Hand

The view inside my mind stays firmly in the Columbia River Gorge...vast skies, basalt spires, misty horizons and every shade of gray.  It is becoming so much a part of me that I feel it in my spirit deeply.  It makes me sing and laugh, smile and weep, catch my breath and sigh.  It is softening my heart.  I feel myself opening and becoming braver, even as my thighs scream at the final assent, even as my lungs beg for mercy at the millionth steep switchback.  With each step, each hike, each view - my edges are becoming polished and the light begins to come through.  

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​About the art : this is the second piece done on a neutral underpainting of raw umber and titanium white.  Using mostly rubber wedge, paper towels, fingers, the back of my hand (thanks for that, Pauline Agnew!  Now it is my favorite tool!) and acrylic paint.  Unlike the last one, I was able to work quickly and instinctively here.  The key is the inspiration pic was well-composed and allowed me to veer away from it rather quickly without losing the gist of the idea.  Very satisfying session.

I made a couple of small adjustments to the painting after the camera was turned off and I could step away from it for a minute.