Mary Gow | ArtSpirit7

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020

Day 8- Behind Every Heart

Don’t miss the little heart in the upper left corner. This bold black lined heart is vibrant and alive. Maybe with a legion of little hearts cheering it on? Maybe a solo heart with a little admirer? However you want to interpret the little heart and big heart is up to you. Make up a story that’s empowering. Or enjoy the art as is, no story needed. No words. Just heart.

Believe in your heart that you’re meant to live a life full of passion, purpose, magic and miracles.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020

Day 7 Two Individual Hearts

Day 7 Heart by Mary Gow Now on day 7, here’s another painting I created in watercolor and adjusted the look of it with filters.

These two hearts don’t beat as one.

They are two individual, healthy, thriving and separate hearts.

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” -Joseph Campbell

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020

Honoring Courage

Day 6 Purple Heart by Mary Gow — Day 6 “Purple Heart” by Mary Gow

Honoring Veterans who have preserved our freedom. Here on Day 6 of my One Hundred Hearts Project, this is a heart I painted in watercolor and then pushed further with digital tools. This is a special day that comes around once a year, yet the benefits of the service of our veterans we enjoy every day. Thank You Veterans!

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020

The Reality of Relativity

Heart No. 5 is again a watercolor painting I photographed then applied a filter to and further manipulated it with Photoshop. Illustrative effects with this filter – reminds me of attitudes. Often it’s not all one way or another, there’s a scale of relativity. Not much is really black or white, instead, much is in a range in between. Life takes us through a spectrum, a range of feelings, teachings, experiences.

I remember many years ago seeing a quote in a company newsletter, “Attitude equals altitude.”

That’s a shortening of Zig Ziglar’s original words:
“It is your attitude, more than your aptitude, that will determine your altitude.”