Angels and Art

I met a beautiful woman in the metro tonight.  She was falling asleep and was very angel like.  It inspired me to post a painting about an angel painting of mine.  This painting is called The Butterfly Angel.

It is not surprising that I love using my friends in my  paintings. I have lucked out and have shared time with some of the most beautiful of souls.  Steph is no exception to the rule.  I painted this as a gift for all the kindness that she has shared over the years. Steph is a fantastic actress who helped me get through college years with good spirits and has been one of my closest friends ever since.  Considering her good nature temperament and beauty it seemed fitting to make her into an angel.

He love of purple, Art Nouveau, and butterflies inspired much of this painting and in the end this painting morphed into an angel fairy cross.  Steph became the back cover art to the my upcoming book “The Secret Magics of Maine” as the angel of butterflies.

What is funny is when I sent her a print of this piece (she didn’t know I was making her a painting of her) She was very excited to have a piece of art of mine.  It was only after a co-worker who saw it said “Who made a painting of you. It is beautiful.” did she recognize that I used her for the painting.  I then got a second call with a lot of I love you’s.  It is odd that sometimes it is ourselves that we recognize the least.

Enjoy the painting