Hello bloggers, hope you had a nice Valentine's Day.

Yes, another foggy day in Fribourg, Switzerland. Haven't we had enough fog now? Do we really need any more? Surely this may start causing arguments in this neutral country? I hate it when it begins with the promise of sunshine, too. Then, does a complete 'U-turn' in favour of fog. Anyway, enough of the weather!

Is he charming, or is he scarey? This dog (above) stands on the threshold of the 'Blue Dog' clothing chain. He doesn't seem to have any eyes though! I mean, where are his pupils? Everytime I go past him I have to restrain the urge to get out a black marker pen and give him some eye balls. It reminds of a dead fish. You know how the eyes go all white on a fishy cadaver? You know what I mean.

Anyway, I've shown you my abstract dabblings. Well; when I looked at my abstract and my traditional paintings they seemed to me to be soooo far apart. So, I got to thinking surely I could combine the skills of my traditional paintings with my blossoming love of abstract art? Hmmmm!  A challenge indeed.

I started with this photograph of a lovely lady in her bridal gown. And for the last few nights I've been dreaming of these coloured swirls! I woke up from one dream, knowing I'd spend about two hours, dream-painting my swirls! So then, the other day I began combining the two in a new watercolor painting. This painting was a dream to paint. In fact, it's so easy to forget about bad weather, or any weather when I'm creating a new painting!

I hope you love it too. I'm very proud of this painting. To my surprise, it's kind of taken on a unique 'Art Nouveau' style. But as I developed the theme and it found its name ('Woman') it took on a life of its own. It is a celebration of womanhood; formed as a woman is: from the earth, the sea, the wind and the sky. Her fabulous dress is mermaid-like and swirls around her. And the swirling world represents her natural instinct sourced from those elements. Just email questions@moorethanart.com  to see if I have a Limited Edition Print left in this work. The print run is limited to 250 on this one. 

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