hope

9X12 mixed media, watercolor paper mounted on gator foam hardboard

This piece of artwork was inspired by a poem written by Emily Dickinson called HOPE.

HOPE is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune without the words,

And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;

And sore must be the storm.

That could abash the little bird

That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,

And on the strangest sea;

Yet, never, in extremity,

It asked a crumb of me.

I used acrylics, papers, gel pen, pencil, china marker, crayon and different types of objects for stamping. I couldn't possibly tell you how many layers were applied to this piece of artwork...