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Sometimes a painting seems to just name itself. Such was the case with "Tipsy", completed just after the new year.  Not that the title has anything to do with how the artist was feeling.  I like the whimsy of this piece, and the freshness - not only did this painting name itself, it pretty much painted itself as well! 

The first part of Tipsy was painted right before Christmas, while I was painting with my young grandchildren.  They were creating art to give to their mom for Christmas; I was playing around on my canvas to keep from "helping" them too much. There is something about painting with children that releases the inner child within me. I was just painting swirls and dots and blocks of color, with nothing more in mind than keeping myself occupied. 

A few days later in my studio, I was looking at the painting and thinking I liked it as an abstract. But then I saw the tusk and the trunk, and Tipsy came to life!