03/10/2025
One of the things I enjoy about working from references is that you can reproduce a piece you really like more easily, and perhaps share with more people. Of course the more times an image is painted, the less valuable it may be, but my take is that each piece is unique; I am applying the paint to the surface directly, even if the reference is the same.
My goal as a creative person is to spread a little joy and give back through my paintings, so painting what folks enjoy is important to me.
Here are two pieces painted from the same reference; an image I created through the app Canva. One was gifted to a dear friend, and one was sold at Liberty Town's small works show in the fall. I may paint it again one day, but not for a while - too many projects in mind!
