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The above is one of my favorite new angel paintings. I love the way her wings turned out, her hair, the kimono, and the stained glass window. She’s currently framed and hanging up in the sun room where I paint.
2011 has soared in with an abundance of change.
After a year of looking inward, hermitting, hibernating and a warm and wonderful holiday season filled with family and loved ones, January brought new beginnings for me.
It was the start of my first semester back in college, after a 14 year absence and many years of working in an office setting.
I’ve heard a lot of similar stories, about how the change in the economy has brought about a lot of reflection for everyone. It seems that there has been a common theme of figuring out what is really important and really fine tuning which direction we we want our lives to go in.
For me, it was about listening deeply to the things I had always loved and then figuring out which of those things I wanted to master. For me it came down to art.
My painter grandmother introduced me to the work of early 20th century illustrators and advertising artists like Mucha, Maxfield Parrish, Rackham, Howard Pyle.
I grew up collecting the works of the modern masters of fantasy and science fiction illustration Brian Froud, Michael Whelan, Larry Elmore, Thomas Canty, Frank Frazetta, Brom, Alan Lee, Charles Vess, Yoshitaka Amano.
The fortuitous discovery of the excellent fantasy artist Stephanie Pui-Mun Law led me to discover watercolor as my medium of choice, and Wendy Froud’s DVDs started me on the path of my own fairy doll sculptures.
Add in a heavy dose of Pre-Raphaelite and Neo-Classical artists and you’ve got my list of muses and inspirations.
My dream since childhood has been to master art enough to be able to express stories, characters, and ideas as well as my favorite artists. So now I’m attending Columbia College Chicago for a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration, and I couldn’t be more excited.
Because of this my blogging may be sporadic as I get used to homework and new schedules. On the other hand, I’ll be creating more work and will be posting it whenever I have a moment.
Speaking of which, I’ve added a new Angels section to the Gallery with complete versions of the paintings I’ve included in this post. And I’ve updated the viewer settings so that you can now see larger images of all paintings and photos.
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These were my first angel watercolors and were great wing practice.
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My other favorite angel painting, I’m so grateful I was able to capture the sense of warmth and peace and healing I wanted to.
Follow your dreams. Live what you love.
Namaste,
Sonnett
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I love how you captured the shine of her hair. Beautiful.
I love hearing about your journey with art. You have always been my favorite artist. You truly are so talented and I am SO proud of you pursuing this. You really are an inspiration for me on SOOOOOO many levels. Love ya!