- Relaxing in the Pause
31 x 50″ mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart
$4500
Story behind the painting
The hardest part of creating a painting is coming up with an amazing idea, and then turning that idea into an inspired design.
Producing the painting (that is, putting the paint on the canvas) isn’t a piece of cake either, but that seems to flow once the first part is nailed down.
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