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| "Angel of the Holy Cross" ©Mary Montague Sikes |
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| "Angel of the Timeless Garden" ©Mary Montague Sikes |
Every Christmas for the past few years, I have created an angel painting to use as our Christmas card. For the last three years I have painted traditional angels like this watercolor, "Angel of the Timeless Garden," from 2012. One year a trip to Sedona AZ led to my painting with pastels "Angel of the Holy Cross" inspired by the
Chapel of the Holy Cross.
This year my artwork and the classes I have taught centered around experimental mixed media art in which I used tissue paper, heavy gel mediums, beaded gels and much more to create a variety of textures in my work. As I viewed one of the paintings I developed in this manner, I discovered an angel with a variety of wing forms residing in the textures on my canvas. I wanted to paint a traditional angel, but I kept going back to this piece. "On the Wings of Angels" will be this year's card. The ones I mail will reach their recipients late, but I hope they will see and understand the image there.
Merry Christmas to All!
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| "On the Wings of Angels" ©2014 Mary Montague Sikes |
Some cool textures!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, Mary.
Hi Monti - like Alex .. I love the textured approach, and the colours .. wonderful to see ..
ReplyDeleteCheers and a very happy Christmas to you - enjoy yourselves .. Hilary
Thanks, Alex! Merry Christmas to you!
ReplyDeleteHilary, thank you. Texture is a lot of fun! Have a lovely holiday.
ReplyDeleteHI, Mary,
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you, too!
I wish you a lovely holiday season...
LOVE the texture, but then, I am a huge fan of your art!
All the best for 2015!
Michael, thank you. Hope you have a wonderful holiday and it doesn't get too cold in Chicago!
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