Messenger Owl
Tara Connelly is my sister-in-law, and she is an extremely talented artist. After visiting with her over the summer, and bouncing ideas off of each other, we decided to collaborate on a collection. The detail of this owl is so intricate and delicate, but the piece in its entirety feels so substantial.
Framed original drawing. Sourced vintage frame.
13.75”W x 16.75”H x 1”D
This collection was created from the feeling of the upcoming holiday season. Bringing clouds back, experimenting with abstract, and collaborating with my insanely talented sister-in-law has brought this collection to life. Another small series, but many different sizes and mediums.
The clouds are painted by memory. I take pictures, but clouds shift and move just as quickly as a picture is taken. When it comes to my abstract paintings, I get flashes in my mind of compositions or colors, and then I put paint to paper and palette to sort it out. I recently read The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult, and one of the characters, Win, who was an artist said “When you’re an artist, it’s because there’s something inside you that you can’t keep from spilling out. Maybe it comes in the form of sentences, or a grand jete, or a stroke of a paintbrush. The end result can be a million different things. But the seed, it’s always the same. It’s the motion there isn’t a word for. The feeling that’s too big for your body.”
Being back in the shops, and the small businesses booming, the colors feel so much more vibrant this year. I wanted to paint in color while painting something that doesn’t only have to be displayed at the holidays. This collection is a nod to not fitting into one box. There is no one size fits all in art.
Most of these pieces are painted after finding a vintage frame and retrofitting the piece by getting a new mat cut and adding hardware to make it a custom, original piece of art.
Tara Connelly is my sister-in-law, and she is an extremely talented artist. After visiting with her over the summer, and bouncing ideas off of each other, we decided to collaborate on a collection. The detail of this owl is so intricate and delicate, but the piece in its entirety feels so substantial.
Framed original drawing. Sourced vintage frame.
13.75”W x 16.75”H x 1”D
This collection was created from the feeling of the upcoming holiday season. Bringing clouds back, experimenting with abstract, and collaborating with my insanely talented sister-in-law has brought this collection to life. Another small series, but many different sizes and mediums.
The clouds are painted by memory. I take pictures, but clouds shift and move just as quickly as a picture is taken. When it comes to my abstract paintings, I get flashes in my mind of compositions or colors, and then I put paint to paper and palette to sort it out. I recently read The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult, and one of the characters, Win, who was an artist said “When you’re an artist, it’s because there’s something inside you that you can’t keep from spilling out. Maybe it comes in the form of sentences, or a grand jete, or a stroke of a paintbrush. The end result can be a million different things. But the seed, it’s always the same. It’s the motion there isn’t a word for. The feeling that’s too big for your body.”
Being back in the shops, and the small businesses booming, the colors feel so much more vibrant this year. I wanted to paint in color while painting something that doesn’t only have to be displayed at the holidays. This collection is a nod to not fitting into one box. There is no one size fits all in art.
Most of these pieces are painted after finding a vintage frame and retrofitting the piece by getting a new mat cut and adding hardware to make it a custom, original piece of art.
Tara Connelly is my sister-in-law, and she is an extremely talented artist. After visiting with her over the summer, and bouncing ideas off of each other, we decided to collaborate on a collection. The detail of this owl is so intricate and delicate, but the piece in its entirety feels so substantial.
Framed original drawing. Sourced vintage frame.
13.75”W x 16.75”H x 1”D
This collection was created from the feeling of the upcoming holiday season. Bringing clouds back, experimenting with abstract, and collaborating with my insanely talented sister-in-law has brought this collection to life. Another small series, but many different sizes and mediums.
The clouds are painted by memory. I take pictures, but clouds shift and move just as quickly as a picture is taken. When it comes to my abstract paintings, I get flashes in my mind of compositions or colors, and then I put paint to paper and palette to sort it out. I recently read The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult, and one of the characters, Win, who was an artist said “When you’re an artist, it’s because there’s something inside you that you can’t keep from spilling out. Maybe it comes in the form of sentences, or a grand jete, or a stroke of a paintbrush. The end result can be a million different things. But the seed, it’s always the same. It’s the motion there isn’t a word for. The feeling that’s too big for your body.”
Being back in the shops, and the small businesses booming, the colors feel so much more vibrant this year. I wanted to paint in color while painting something that doesn’t only have to be displayed at the holidays. This collection is a nod to not fitting into one box. There is no one size fits all in art.
Most of these pieces are painted after finding a vintage frame and retrofitting the piece by getting a new mat cut and adding hardware to make it a custom, original piece of art.