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"Where there is Love, there is Life" 
Watercolor and ink illustration, with hand-drawn typography. 

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This piece was created 100% traditionally, inspired by the wet ring-marks of two cups of Fernet-Branca liqueur.  After the muted-orange rings dried, bird and branch elements were placed, then finalized with perpendicular birch trees and softened leaves in the background.  The type was placed last, worked around the pre-existing composition and inked in a dark sepia pen.  I value both planning, and spontaneity in my works. The uncertainty of making unguided stains on paper ; the exciting rush of letting ideas grow and blossom in my mind faster than I can get them on the page ; the joy and pride of crafting shapes and composing lines into a finished piece. The time spent with it, developing it, is just as important as the finished piece. 

The original watercolor is now up for purchase via Etsy
However, beautiful prints can also be picked up via Print On Demand site, Society6.

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