AT HOME AMONG THE REEDS from the series NIGHT TIME CHARMERS

AT HOME AMONG THE REEDS from the series NIGHT TIME CHARMERS
6" X 8" acrylic and mixed media on 100%rag illustration board


In this series, I challenged myself to paint over an existing backgrounds that I had prepared with no thought to what they would become. The backgrounds suggested water to me.
I experimented with Jelly fish and then gold fish. I was not happy with either. I then did a frog. The rest just fell into place.
The frogs seemed totally at home among the bubbles and blotches. The reeds and rocks seemed to unfold from the backgrounds I had prepared. I was able to do the painting quickly and zero in on the details such as eyes and reflections.