A New Project – Sawsan’s Elephants

A few years ago I painted an elephant for my wife, Sawsan. It’s her favourite painting. It forced me out of my comfort zone to paint in that style and I’ve wanted to return to it ever since… plans for finishing a teaching degree, relocation to another country, selling house, moving around, and finally settling into a new place done, I have my studio set up again and started the project that never left my mind… now on a bigger canvas (36″ x 48″) and vertically oriented, I’m starting a new painting of two elephants.

I’ve decided to start very slowly and to do other projects at the same time, because it will give me the opportunity to change a process I’ve had for years of doing only one painting at a time and risking a rushed job, or getting bored, or not having space, or… some other complaint… Regardless, I have already had the canvas up for a little over a week, and only have an initial conversation going with the image… I’m letting it unpack as we go… stay tuned…