Seeing Stars Sketches March 2020

The thumbnail sketches and final study are more in-depth than my usual intuitive process of beginning paintings without sketches. I started this painting in March 2020 and finished it up in late 2021. I wanted to share the process of how this painting came to life and the initial sketches.

Seeing Stars studio process photos 2020.

Seeing Stars studio process photos 2021.

Finished Painting
Seeing Stars, 60” x 60”, acrylic on canvas, 2021

Inspired by the special star-shaped sand found only on the beaches in Okinawa, Japan. The title of the painting references the whirling stars that appear after getting bumped in the head in cartoons. I see the bump in the head as a metaphor for the ongoing pandemic or hearing the news.