.: The Light After :.
A hummingbird found by a friend. Thank you to Maquenda / @artofmaquenda for inspiring me to honor and preserve this small life in photos.
Artists are free to use these for reference. If you make something based on/inspired by these, I’d love to see but it’s not required!
A piece inspired by my dear
friend Maqeunda’s character as
well as our friendship over the past few years.
This piece was started a few years ago now while I was visiting Taiwan
but just never seemed to be finished. On tidying my computer I came across it
again and decided to see if perspectives had changed enough to bring it to
completion. Turns out they had. Sometimes it pays to step away from a piece
when you feel you are grinding it, though most of the time I advise myself to
work the piece while the idea’s roots have first taken hold. A great many
pieces I start and lose steam for along the way don’t get finished, but I often
keep them and return to them in an idle moment. With the turning of the old
year into the new I have a tradition of tidying house and computer before I
turn to the new page. This is also a time of reflection and I found myself
feeling extraordinarily grateful for the influence and color this vivacious
person has brought into my life. Thank you Maquenda.
Long time no see!! I hope everyone had a very merry holiday and you
are all excited at the prospect of an adventure filled 2016!!! I sure am!!!
Every year I try to do a little gift art for my husband to give as a
Christmas gift. This year was no exception but I decided to add a few
wonderful folks into the loop. These are people (and a puppy people)
that make our lives more rich and bright for their being in it! We are
lucky to be in the presence of such bright spirits and in the deep grey
dark of the Northwest winter, we find ourselves especially blessed to
have such friends!