Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Hidden Moon Cove












Canvas, net, earrings, shells, crescent moon box lid & bottom, vintage jewelry, shells, beads, rhinestones, vintage calendar scene, wire, metal angel pin, tulle, petite wire bead flowers, 80's gold star pin, etc...create the Hidden Moon Cove scene.

My son started an acrylic sailboat/cliff/tree/rough waters 16 x 20 canvas painting. It has now become a mixed media work of art. The crescent moon lidded box is separated for two purposes. The bottom encloses an enchanted scene of characters in a box (& rabbit) in a boat going thru aquatic flowers toward a magic place. A curious fish hangs above them. Shells, miniature glass bottle w. wee hot pink stars, jewels, etc...are in the foreground. A silvery net flies the moonboat. It is flagged with a vintage cloth label 'heart soul', pearly twisted icicle, silver hand, jeweled earring, shishkabob stick...and an 80's star pin smiles knowingly behind the sail.

The sailboat in the painting has been finished with a silvery pearlescent shell. Right below it floats another shell sailed boat, anchored to the dark painted rocks. On the left side, a high cliff brags a proud pine topped with a brass compasslike jewel.

The overlooking crescent moon flourishes an angel in his eye and stars on his upper & lower points. An intricate shell (quite old) suggests solar power.

I loved working with the fiery sky, vivid blues, and cold rock gray greens to tell a story with the painting my son began and I finished (with his permission, of course).






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