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And another one down, another one down, another one bites the dust!

"The Path of Nurturing"  36" x 36" acrylic/krylon on canvas

Just finished another piece yesterday, a good sized canvas that I had started on 2/25 (my Dads birthday). I painted the Cerro de la Silla mountains (Saddle Hill) that loom over Monterrey. Monterrey is my Dads land and where he now sleeps. I'm not going to get into all the symbology and details of this piece but hopefully it evokes a peaceful feeling of perseverance, nurturing and life. 
Finally got all the paintings prepped and ready to hang and today is DROP OFF DAY! The studio will be bare of art once again so it's also START ANOTHER PAINTING DAY! And this time I'm going to start two at once and see how that works out for me. It's time to pick up the pace!
I'll be working on a new horizontal kind of format. I noticed some of my works have very strong horizontal compositions if I crop  them a certain way. For example:
So I got some canvases shaped just like this to play around on. I think it will be interesting!
Ok, I'm off to work and fit a good run in this morning. The weather in Texas is gorgeous right now and I'd rather be outside than in front of a screen as much as possible. Outdoor painting season is just about here!


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