Story Behind - A Painted House A Day

My Story...

I am a mixed media artist.  I am currently working on an art challenge, A Painted House A Day. My goal is to create with paint and mixed media one house image a day, for 183 days.  Yes, that will be 183 Painted Houses!

Each house will be created on a 4x4 inch canvas.
Original paintings and prints of, "A Painted House A Day" will be available for sell.  This blog will document my work as I create each house and find inspiration along the way. 
Thank you for looking!  I love sharing my art with you! 

Christy

 

 

My art challenge, A Painted House A Day.

You may ask, why would I want to take on this project of committing to make something everyday? 

I woke up this morning with the same question and thought to myself that maybe I should have only committed to 100 days and not 183!

 Here is a little history on the subject matter of "Houses" and why they are such a meaningful image in my life:
I lived in the same house since I was two years old, after moving across country from Tampa, Florida to Seattle, WA. I was raised in the same house since I was two and my parents still live in that house, in Washington State.
 I moved away for college to Northern Arizona and also lived in Korea to teach English after college. I always had the travel bug!

I often went back to my home in Washington between my college and adventures in traveling. 
To me a house is security, happiness, and home.

Now I move every one to two years, my husband is in the Army and we get to live in many places and houses.

 
I started using the imagery of a house in my art about four years ago when we were living on Fort Bliss in Elpaso, TX. We had a historical Bungalow with a lot of charm. www.elpaso.about.com/.../FortBlissTour_3.htm

I always wondered about all of the different military families who had occupied the house before us.  Where were they from? Where did they consider home?  How many children did they have?

I wrote the following short story and added it to the back of a series of paintings I created called, "Home Again."

" Growing up I had two houses I called "home."
As an adult and with a family of my own, I have had many houses to make a home.
My husband is Active Duty Army and we move a lot!
Although a move comes with work and saying goodbyes, we embrace each move and look forward to our new adventures, people to meet, and places to explore.
Houses are houses. A home is for a family to create safety, love, and memories.
As I make each move with my two daughters and husband, I find our locations and houses to change, but our home stays the same.