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Monday, December 22, 2014

On the Wings of an Angel - Merry Christmas

"Angel of the Holy Cross" ©Mary Montague Sikes
"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!

"On the Wings of Angels" ©2014 Mary Montague Sikes

6 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Some cool textures!
Merry Christmas, Mary.

Hilary Melton-Butcher said...

Hi Monti - like Alex .. I love the textured approach, and the colours .. wonderful to see ..

Cheers and a very happy Christmas to you - enjoy yourselves .. Hilary

Notes Along the Way with Mary Montague Sikes said...

Thanks, Alex! Merry Christmas to you!

Notes Along the Way with Mary Montague Sikes said...

Hilary, thank you. Texture is a lot of fun! Have a lovely holiday.

Michael Di Gesu said...

HI, Mary,

Merry 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!

Notes Along the Way with Mary Montague Sikes said...

Michael, thank you. Hope you have a wonderful holiday and it doesn't get too cold in Chicago!