Tiger Sky
February 2008, 76x61cm, Acrylic on canvas
In July 2007, I completed all the paintings I had been working on, and made a point of not starting new ones,
so that I would not have any waiting to be completed when I was otherwise occupied with my new baby,
due in early August.
It was a beautiful day and I was outside enjoying the sunshine. The sky was such an incredible blue that
I felt compelled to paint it - the swirling pattern includes the yellow and high contrast of the sunshine in the garden.
I brought a canvas outside and painted it flat on the lawn. There was blue paint on the grass for weeks.
Of course, when my son was born, I did leave the painting, and it was six months before I could complete it.