Facing 2020 in 12 Streams

     Here are some pictures of some artwork that I did the week after Christmas after wrapping up the holiday and finding some *New Year* time to paint.

    Below is a picture of a very quick and loose sketch I did in my sketchbook.  For the sketch I imagined a figure and formed a posture thinking that if I painted it, I would fill the figure in with color the way that I did in my painting that I later created.

 

​    Below is a picture of my painting that followed my sketchbook image above.  I called it "Facing 2020 in 12 Streams".
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      After filling in the figure with color, the rest of the canvas beyond the abstract profile became a continuation of more hand painted designs and forms that I came up with to fill the whole square canvas.

Post Share Update ~ August 31, 2020 Reflection:

   I did this painting the week after Christmas with the feeling that the new year was going to shine new light on new energies, though at the time I had never heard of the word ‘coronavirus’ ( ...but I had enjoyed quite a few Coronas with a fresh slice of lime. )
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   This Monday morning marks the last day of August and the completion of two-thirds of 2020. ~ May the final third of 2020 bring less conflict and despair and more peace and hope in the country and our world.   #2020 with - Tides of Eternity Art by Chrissy Breslin Schroeder

​Some Process Pictures: