Updated: New Acrylic Painting “Haven”

Much of the time, I get an idea for a piece of art and I start in on it. But every so often, I have the start of an idea, and I let it take off from there and it ends up wherever it feels like.

This is one of those paintings.

Now, to be fair, with all of the acrylics, I’ve tried to lay off forcing it to go into a specific direction. It’s an experiment, and the only way I’ll learn is to try. Whether I succeed or not, and have truly created “art”, is up to someone else. It’s only up to me to say I’ve succeeded at the experiment.

In this case, I had a strong idea for a rabbit. With aviator goggles on, of course. Other than that, I let the painting go where it chose, and took the ride along.

It is a bit different than my digital work, and my other acrylics. But I’ll let you decide if you like it or not, and what it means. It may mean something different to you, even the word “haven” on it might mean something different to you. For that, I leave you to explore.

A few people have mentioned that they like seeing the process of how I paint, so I’m adding that in. Below the final art are a few close-ups of the painting, as well as a gallery of start-to-finish images. They certainly show how many times I change my mind.

As always, let me know what you think.

Note: I went back and updated the area around the goggles, to make it look a little more correct to the perspective. I told you I wasn’t perfect.

Close-ups:

In progress shots:
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