Autumn Wolf by BJPentecost on DeviantArt (original) (raw)
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I look back at some of my work over the last two years and I see a lot of sloppy, messy, carelessness. I can only attribute that to the relentless 24/7 onslaught of trauma and tragedy I've dealt with in that span of time, not the least of which were my mother's cancer diagnosis followed by my partner's cancer diagnosis only a week later, becoming responsible for three developmentally delayed individuals (including a young child) when my mother died a year after diagnosis, my partner's health taking a sharp downward turn as she was also going blind via retinitis pigmentosa, Damocles sword of potential homelessness hanging over my head, and a slew of other things that would take a book to fully elaborate on.
Now that things finally seem to be calming down (furiously knocks on wood), I'm going back over some of last 2 years' work and just tidying up. I've always found art-tidying to be cathartic but now that I have Rebelle, it's more than cathartic, it's fun. I had a blast redoing this one. The colors are outside my usual palette which is always a challenge but burgundy, emerald green, and gold is low key one of my favorite color schemes. I would absolutely decorate a house in those colors.
Anyhow, enjoy.
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