Commissioned Painting
When my art patron was a nine year old child, her mother's friend had a vision about her walking ahead of Jesus in a field of white daisies. She was picking only the damaged flowers and handing them to Jesus. My art patron wished to have this vision, foretelling her future of healing through physical and massage therapy, be the inspiration for this painting that she could display in her physical and massage therapy clinic. She selected features from some of the many, varied ideas that I submitted to her. I combined her choices in a Photoshopped idea which she loved. It looked very similar to this finished painting. The finished painting is very textured, comprised of gel and rice paper collage, and acrylic paint.
Her mother's friend's vision:
Various proposals for ideas for the painting:
Preparing the canvas for painting:
Rice paper collage and gel on canvas, beginning to paint...
Working on the painting...
Detail of the painting as I worked on it...
The finished painting hanging at Enhanced Performance Therapy in Austin, Texas.
