I painted "Designing Bluebird" for our daughter, Amy, when she was working on her Interior Design degree. Amy is seen as a life-size bluebird painting a portrait of three pears(something she had just done in real life). The painting on the wall shows the familiar yellow road with a gift opening up, releasing all the tricks of her future trade into the air--draperies, accessories, a wingback chair, sofa and armoire all flying merrily through the air! Two houses, the one she grew up in and the one she lived in then are in the background of the painting on the wall. A picture of her family sits on a pie crust table with a jaunty lamp. The family cat sleeps quietly on a rug while Amy's guardian angel looks in the window and smiles.
I've learned a lot about being creative from Amy. She just plunges in without a worry in the world and enjoys the process. The pear painting was one of her first paintings. She painted the whole canvas black before she started so she wouldn't be intimidated by a blank canvas. She was right. I've been painting on black canvases ever since and really like the quality it gives the finished painting. Thanks, Amy!!
"Designing Bluebird"
Acrylic on canvas
20 x30 inches
2004
So, being a writer, I wonder if I could fill the page with nonsensical words to help get the creative juices going?
Posted by: Heather Goodman | January 24, 2008 at 02:38 PM
It's worth a try and it just might work. Maybe that's how Dr. Seuss got started!!
Posted by: Debbie Warnock | January 24, 2008 at 05:30 PM