into the light

Every once in awhile. as an artist, you paint a piece that is monumental to you the artist. "into the light" is that piece for me.  I first named this original “out of the dark”.  I was going through a very intense, dark time in my life healing from memories of childhood abuse and when I was finally getting to a place where I felt like I was above ground, I decided to paint a white stroke on glossy black acrylic.  Symbolizing my victory.  In color psychology, white is the color of new beginnings – wiping the slate clean.  I was finally feeling the energy of an inner cleansing and purification of my thoughts, feelings and my spirit. Over the years, I have created  tools to paint strokes anywhere from 3’ to possibly 30’, so I began painting my 6’ stroke.  I absolutely love the way my tools glide the paint across acrylic.  So clean.  So smooth.  Once I got the white paint on there and I took a look at it, I thought “Wait a minute, I’m so much more than just white!"  And it was so exciting