Goddess Series: Princess Sarah

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Princess Sarah is the latest Goddess Series character to emerge.

 

Goddess Series, Princess Sarah Colorful woman's face, acrylic on board by Shannon Grissom
Princess Sarah, Acrylic on Board, 20″ x16″

 

I started her during a Facebook Live Session a few weeks back. Since that time, she’s been 1000 women.

Seriously!

I had her bursting out of paper, then clouds, then I completely changed directions but nothing felt right and the colors…ooof!

She went through some really awkward adolescent stages until she finally landed amidst the swirls. Here are just a couple of her incarnations that did not work out…

 

 

Her name wasn’t revealed to me until this morning when I signed her. I simply heard “Sarah” in my minds ear. At first I thought about changing her name to better fit with the Goddess theme but decided against it. All along I tried to impose my will on the painting, and it wasn’t until I finally let go, that the work came together.

I looked up the meaning of Sarah and was happy to discover that it means Princess and Noblewoman.

It is so fitting. She’s radiating all that and then some.

I never entirely covered up the color that went before and that has made her so much richer.

It’s a great metaphor for life…

 

I’m not selling the original yet…I’m holding this entire Goddess series until I get the app done,  but you can click here for all manner of cool products.

 

Check out the video if you’d like to see how she was birthed…