Christmas in July!!!

As part of the VAST (Visual Artist's Street Team) Christmas in July sale, I am offering great deals on select paintings, as well as a huge sale on all of my giclee prints! Check out the "Christmas in July" section in my shop to see the deals through the 25th of this month! To see all of the other fantastic artists participating in this sale, check the VAST blog. Have fun looking and treat yourself to some beautiful artwork!

Letting Go

"Difficult Departure," by Lea Keohane, 2008. All Rights Reserved.

Sometimes letting go can be hard, especially when whatever it was that you once had was so good you thought it would last forever, you never even questioned the possibility of losing it. I usually do not plan my drawings before I sit down to do them, but this one was a little different. I was walking through the park, taking in the trees and whatever music was playing on my iPod at the time, trying to feel connected to the world, when this image came to me, or something like it. My original idea included both of the figures having wings, but I thought that had a different connotation than what I intended, so I dropped the wings and got on with the drawing. "Difficult Departure" is approximately 9.5" x 9", drawn with Pantone Tria markers and a Sharpie on paper.