New! A Deep Breath
As you scroll down, you’ll see the progression of a newly released painting called ‘A Deep Breath’.
But first, I’d like to share this quote because captures my inspiration for this painting . . .
“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.” — Alice Walker
![Starting a new forest drip painting. After failing at a bunch of earlier drip paintings Im determined to approach this differently | Holly Van Hart Starting a new forest drip painting. After failing at a bunch of earlier drip paintings Im determined to approach this differently | Holly Van Hart](https://hollyvanhart.com/wp-content/uploads/Starting-a-new-forest-drip-painting.-After-failing-at-a-bunch-of-earlier-drip-paintings-Im-determined-to-approach-this-differently-Custom.jpg)
One cool way to make a perfect, imperfect painting is to rely on lots of drips. That’s what I’ll do here.
![Forest landscape painting in progress | Holly Van Hart Forest landscape painting in progress | Holly Van Hart](https://hollyvanhart.com/wp-content/uploads/I-want-the-background-to-have-lots-of-white-so-every-stroke-counts-Custom.jpg)
The drips can look like trunks, and branches, and, well, drips.
In the art world, when you can clearly see signs that something is a painting (and not a photo and not a photorealistic painting), we call this “painterly”.
This will be painterly.
And (take a deep breath) here’s the finished painting . . .
![Installed painting - Landscape forest - A Deep Breath - Mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart - 48 x 48 INSTALLED (Custom) Installed painting - Landscape forest - A Deep Breath - Mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart - 48 x 48 INSTALLED (Custom)](https://hollyvanhart.com/wp-content/uploads/Landscape-forest-A-Deep-Breath-Mixed-media-painting-by-Holly-Van-Hart-48-x-48-INSTALLED-Custom-550x600.jpg)
‘A Deep Breath’ is hanging in my entryway.
It could be hanging in yours!
Purchase info here
To purchase, email holly.vanhart@gmail.com