Back in April, I created a watercolor for my wife, Patrice.
My wife's office has no windows, and after being inside there for as many hours as she is, she asked if I would paint her a window. So, trying to be a good husband, I created a window for her called Mountain Lake. She was pretty pleased with it and took it to work and hung it on the wall. I received a kiss and a hug, and all was right in the world. Until...
My wife works in the medical field and shares her office with two coworkers. They liked the watercolor that I created but wondered why I didn't make it a beach scene and why wasn't it bigger. So Patrice came home with a request (actually from her coworkers), "Can you do another picture pleeeeeeaaaase?" So what could I say but "Sure, what size would you like it?"
So I did a few thumbnail sketches and sent them to work with Patrice. They looked at them, chose the one they all liked, then made some suggestions. I then created a second proof. Again, they liked it, then made some suggestions. So now I have completed the final painting, which I am calling "Take Me Away." The title seems fitting. With as hard as these ladies work and all the hoops they have to jump through with COVID-19 protocols (and the COVID patients that still come into the office), they need a vacation.
Take me away is a mixed medium piece. I started with a pencil drawing on a watercolor panel. Then I did washes of oil paints, splatters of oil paints, and finally added colored pencils to the mix.
I hope they like it.