Description
What to paint after the meaningful yet difficult experience of painting my dog BJ, just after he died? I just couldn’t get into resuming the painting that I was working on (of grapes) when the accident happened. Three weeks ago I was out at my mom and dad’s house on a Saturday. I was in their garden taking photos of roses and happened to notice the lovely afternoon light coming through this rhododendron from behind. Later looking at all the images on the computer, this one jumped out. It almost looked like a painting as it was. I just loved all the abstract shapes in the background and all the pink! I have three brothers and am used to being around a lot of male energy – which is pretty much everywhere in our world. At the same time, I am unequivocally a pink-girl on the inside. We call our guest room the “pink room” and I need regular “pink time” in it. It seems that painting all these pink colors was just what I needed. Sometimes I feel bashful about how much I love pink and other times I claim my pinkness with great pride. It is with that spirit that this painting is named – a celebration of pink.
June 2010
