I am a slow painter. I spent years preparing my last body of work, “Wild Whimsy of the Northwoods,” and there are still pieces that I am working on that did not make it in. As I neared the end of working on the show I had this urge to paint a turtle to that I could add in. I held off (which was good judgement on my part as I just barely got the work ready in time for the delivery to the gallery), but immediately started in after I finished photographing and packaging the art. I painted a Painted Turtle for two reason. First – I love the textures and designs on them, and second, I loved the name. The day I started painting this bugger I actually met a painted turtle on the road and had to herd it across to prevent it from being ran over. I love turtles. They are slow, like me, and they are sweet. I am a painted turtle, and this painted turtle is me🐢
This Painted Turtle is joined by a Clouded Sulphur butterfly somewhere on a glistening stone in a lake or pond. This is a small, 6″x6″ acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. If you can relate to this slow, sweet, peaceful little guy I think it should find a home on your wall💚💙🧡
