Eternal Sunrise . 48x60 inches . 2009






1. natural lighting
2. artificial/interior lighting
3. combined uv and artificial lighting
4. uv lighting only
5. no light (glow in the dark)

Ingredients: acrylic, beach sand, crushed glass, phosphorescent pigments, varnish, water & light on canvas.

Ahhhh. Hello super ridiculously large painting. Nice to meet you.

Well, goodbye, rather, because I just shipped this piece off to Chicagoland today. Actually, it's kind of sad, I'd really grown used to the bright orange sunrise everyday. It was causing me to paint a wave of tealish blueish greenish paintings. Now my studio is totally unbalanced. And naked. Good thing I have a blank canvas the exact same size just waiting to be painted something colorful. Or maybe it will be dark and gray. Who knows.

This is the painting I was counting dots on. I counted every single dot. I won't be doing this again. I learned quickly that I can't listen to music and count simultaneously. And really, I prefer listening to music than counting 4,647 dots.

That's right. You heard me. This painting has 4,647 dots.

I wanted this piece to be extremely glowy. In the event that its owner doesn't get a blacklight to go with it (get one, Stephanie, get one) it should still light up the room after dark. (Get one, Stephanie, get one.)

Hope you like it. ;o)

7 comments:

Karen said...

B*E*A*U*T*I*F*U*L Shayla!!!!!

shayla said...

thank you!! :o)

Madeleine said...

It's cool how there's hidden different colors you don't see in the "normal lighting". Really beautiful. :-)

shayla said...

Thanks Mad!! :oD

stfunny said...

I promise I'll get one! LOL.

I don't suppose you can provide a link to a good one online....?

~Babs said...

Amazing, yet again, Shayla!
I'm still always in awe of the color changes from the lighting.
Paint on talented one!

shayla said...

thank you!! :o)