"HEART ON THE MEND" 12004, mixed media abstract heart © Carol Nelson Fine Art

Heart on the Mend

 

The heart is a metaphor for the human condition.  We describe people as hard hearted, soft hearted, big hearted.  Their heart can be broken, brave, bursting, full, heavy, light, open, locked, and on and on.  

I am seeing Valentine's Day items in the stores, so I thought I would try doing some mixed media approaches to depicting this holiday all about love.  

Valentine's Day is mostly for lovers, but who hasn't had their heart broken at some time?  I actually thought of this composition while listening to Christina Perry's Jar of Hearts - a GREAT song.

This 6x6 heart is on a masonite panel and is textured with crackle paste.  The heart has cracks in it, but has red sateen ribbons holding it together - on the mend I'm thinking.

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It's All About the Beans

My artist group was showing in a coffee shop. The owner of the shop requested that the paintings have a theme of "coffee." Since I have a mug collection of coffee mugs I've purchased all over the world, I had trouble deciding which of my 50+ mugs to feature in my painting. As I was grinding the beans for the morning pot, the sun was shining on those dark French roast beauties, and, of course, I realized its all about the beans!