Month's end -- and everything is new!

Before the Dance in the blue dress

Acrylic on canvas

24 x 36 inches

Barbara Muir ©
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Looking forward and looking back.  I love this
portrait part of the Dance series.  The painting is of Sam's
high school friend Donelle, and I first posted it on
the night they were in their last school concert together.
Sam and Donelle went to Oakwood Collegiate, which
at the time had a magnificent music program.  Both
of my sons are musical.  Sam played the trumpet,
and sang in the school's production of Hair.

This painting of a young person on the very edge
of adult life was a theme for me for a few years.
I loved the tentative nature of teens emerging into their
twenties, and all of the decisions about where to go,
and what to study that happen then.  Decisions on the
edge of major changes happen over and over in life, as
I've talked about a lot in my thoughts on The Month of
Change.  In some ways we are always both Before the Dance,
and at the Dance of life.

Today we are on the verge of a new month, and one
quarter of the way through this exciting new year.  It
has already been an amazing journey.  Thanks for
joining me.  And thanks Donelle for posing for this one a
while ago! I wish I had a better photo of the painting.

Have a getting ready to dance in your glorious life day.

The thrill of finishing up

Untitled (Work in Progress)

Acrylic on canvas

36 x 48 inches

Barbara Muir © 2016

Here's what I'm working on.  I'll tell you more tomorrow
when I hope to be all finished -- every last detail.  But I
am so close in this image.

I wish I could have posted more on my blog, but painting
has filled my days lately.  And I admit that's a pretty
wonderful way to spend my time, even when I am nervous
from time to time and trying to figure things out, and
occupied night and day with thoughts of where it is, and
where it's going.

As another artist said to me today -- "Aren't we lucky!"
I can't imagine a life without a serious passion.

A toast to all my fellow artists.  I will try to catch up --
soon.  But for now back to painting.

Have a loving-what-you-do day.