Dreams of Mine

Little peaks of bright colors come though the muted foreground.

Glimpses of buried dreams, emerging through the dullness that masks a life. 

These are dreams of mine,

ones that will come.

Dreams of Mine 

12 x 12 mixed media on canvas 

Some people paint lovely portraits or beautiful, tranquil scenes of hills and mountains. 

Then there's me.  

I paint messes, and I love it.  

It may look like kindergarten art class, but to me, 

this form of art lets me 

color outside the lines, is freeing.  There is no right or wrong, and I need that right now.

Just paint.  But although there is no planned out trees,

 no ships or birds, 

there still is thought, placement, a bit planning.

I wanted to dabble with pumice, using it as a texture and thickening agent.

In an old box, I found an old piece of it and scrapped a bit off, then added it to my brown paint.  Depending on how fine you make it, will determine how grainy it will look 

on your piece.  

I need to experiment with this, as my pumice had some bigger chunks in it along with finer powder. 

I like the texture it gave this piece.  The only place I added this to was the brown strip in the middle.

I didn't want to overwhelm the piece with too much of the same thing.  

Change it up a bit...you know, too much of the 

same thing gets boring!!

This was enjoyable to create and I can't wait to try it on a much bigger canvas!