Lisa Gloria

9 x 12, oil on linen.  I’ve been working on finishing up some commissions, and this is one of them.  Teeny self portrait again!  This is the happiest painting I ever made, btw…  very bright, the flower in full-face toward the sun, the golden one shyly emerging….  The petals are practically pluckable. 

I don’t mind telling you, I’ve been spending a lot of time on my paintings, pushing a lot farther and going for not just an “object” but a “story.”  Even if it’s a subtle story…  This one is about optimism.