This painting came from a dream I had many years ago, I had even made a pastel drawing of it at that time. I came across my old drawing and decided to give it another shot, my updated interpretation of that dream from twenty years ago. The dream itself was very powerful in were I was given temporary guardianship of a hawk. The hawk in return gave me pure love and acceptance....I awoke from this powerful dream in such a state of peace and love.
I'm not sure if it's finished yet, I may go back and do a few tweaks yet, but here is my first painting of this new year. I've allowed lot of things interrupt me along the way and was not able to focus myself to paint on a regular basis...no excuses, but I'm glad to have this one done.
Below are some shots I took along the way of my process. I changed my approach on this painting somewhat. Most times I start with a black background, but this time instead of launching right into colour I fleshed everything out in white, then applied tints of colours over that. I think I may try this again.
I have to admit, I kind of like this softer version of my finished painting. I suppose I could have stopped somewhere shortly after this, but art is tricky that way, one wants to keep going to see where it will lead.
