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Looking back, I started this Dec 6th, so 2 months exactly! Not a money making profession...! But, it is a way to express my traveling creative life on paper. Every piece reflects where I am in my life at the time and what I have discovered in the place of that travel space.

The background here has the same colour as the Texan sunrise that I see as I paint, and my mom had a fig tree out this window for years but someone cut it down, so, it is a remembrance. The fig, with the meaning encompassing security and peace, was perfect for my 1st painting back here living in home since 2016.

My cousin said he "sees life in the shadows" and that is so true. I have been leading a fairly "hidden" life here, mostly spinning circles in my home getting things up to par again, feeling it out, what it is like to live here again, feel that, make decisions for my future and also, my inner joy for now.

I'm off again come June 1st re-renting home so will be putting my whole creative home stuff in storage for a fun unwrapping like Christmas in about 5 years time. Like I said, I have a cunning plan!

This piece was definitely a "full feel" piece and I am quite pleased how it turned out, exactly what I was imagining. I love the misty-ish background, the sunrise colour and the richness of the figs. Ahhh, very fulfilling! Matching my living room was also part of the plan here; creams, blues, oranges, lavenders and soft browns. I have the frame already, just have to get some non-glare glass and cut the mat.

Next painting, the trim and doors in my home!