I have been working on a large beach commission painting these past several weeks and I love how it turned out! It was a new challenge for me to add people into the paintings that I tried really hard to make recognizable. Take a look through some of the before pictures and how the final painting turned out. Enjoy!

The right image is my self portrait from 2017 and the left image is my self portrait from 2020.

My brother sent me a letter. It is not very common to send letters nowadays. We live in a very quick pace world with instant everything. It is nice to get a handwritten letter, or in this case a letter typed on a typewriter, sent in an envelope in the mail. There are three main themes to the letter summed up by this quote,
"A machine that mines its whole life, cripples revenge, not that I am worried about that" 
I created three paintings shown below inspired by this letter. The meaning of the letter I am still not sure about, but I did very much enjoy thinking about it. What I have in my paintings is one interpretation, my current interpretation. He also created a music piece inspired by this letter. This piece was performed in October as part of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music. I have attached the link below for you to watch the performance and hear the piece. The piece is performed by Sasha Callahan on Violin, Leo Eguchi on Cello, Haruka Fuji and Chris Froh on Percussion. I really love this musical performance and piece. I wanted to share this with anyone who comes across this blog because I wanted to give you a chance to experience my brother's and my interpretation of "The Letter." I wanted you to have a chance to create your own interpretation of it's meaning off of what we built. A chance to stop, think, reflect and gain insight on a message of potentially what was or is.
​Of what is to come or what we create.
 
Click the button below to view the YouTube video of the live performance for the musical piece.

One of the things I love about my commissioned work is to help people bring their memories to life, celebrate special times with their families and even be a part of making life long goals come to fruition. Some examples of my commissioned pieces this year are shown below.

This year I was able to draw coloring pages for a children's book that a mother and son wrote. The son was able to take a special part in the book by coloring in the pages. You can download a free coloring page below, just for fun! ​

Also, I was able to help someone raise money through an auction of one of my paintings for a charity cause that was near and dear to their hearts. See a picture of the Narcissus Hope Daffodil painting below. ​

This is my first exhibit of my artwork that was not done specifically in a school setting. I had my paintings on display at the Cecil County Arts Council in the main gallery March 2019. The paintings are now on display at the Elkton Maryland Library. The show is titled "Stories Behind the Paintings". Here are a few pictures of the show and a story of how my artwork has developed over the last year. Check out my facebook page for more @ArtByGinaDell
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I started painting again after my son was born 4 years ago. I thought I would share a few images of my journey as it has progressed. I was hooked when I did a sunflower painting and wine class for a girls night out which you can see pictures of below and then started painting more and more from there!