I always felt riding on a carousel was magical…

This colorful Carousel painting is the latest in my fae character series, Wildish Spirits.  It is a bit different as the setting is not in a forest.  It is a convergence of  my dreams and childhood memories.  I have loved clowns since I was a little girl.  (Not the creepy kind.) The more feminine, Pierrot clowns are my favorite and I had a collection of clown figurines and masks, until fairies kind of took over. 🙂

This painting was created in quite a few layers, with the tiny horse on her shoulder added towards the end of the painting.  The sketch of the fae character is from my sketchbook, created a couple of years ago.  It took me a while to complete this one, about two months instead of my usual one month.  I found myself taking long breaks between the layers, even painting a few small canvases in-between, and thinking a lot about placement, texture, and color selection.

This painting is 16″ x 20″, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.

I would love to hear your thoughts…

I wish you a wonderful, creative, day, Janell