I always thought to myself that if I ever had my own house, I would create my own artwork for it. All originals, painted especially to match my furniture and my style. Well, I have that house, but I don't have any artwork on the walls yet! I have a few half-painted pieces that I thought would look right, only to find out that they majorly clash. It's very frustrating. My bedroom is the worst, because I was in a hurry to get it ready when I moved in and purchased a bedspread that doesn't really suit me. I love the color pink more than everything, so how did I end up with a light blue bedroom with a blue and tan bedspread and heavy dark furniture? I have to blame my hubby for that one, because he hates pink. Even so, I thought if I got a bedspread that was a little less boring (floral maybe) and added some artwork on the walls, the room could be pretty cute. Well, so far, my art attempts have been failures. The blues I used were all wrong and I shouldn't use much blue anyway because everything in that room is blue!
I started playing around with color and shape and came up with a design that I liked. Big puffy flowers of light blue, pink, and purple with pale green stems on a pink fading to almost white background. I didn't know how it would look as I worked on it, but I was really pleased! Somehow, the painting just reminds me of the month of April. And best yet - it matches my room! The colors are subtle enough that it goes really well. So, I bought two 14x18" canvases and recreated the painting on a different scale. I am really happy with them. Now I just have to figure out how to get them on my walls!
