Circle of Life

In painting contemporary or abstract, I usually choose my palette and start letting my creativity select it's own path.  Most of the time when I finish the painting and look back it gives me a positive feeling and I'm happy with it.  If there's a sign of turmoil or disturbance some where, it usually lends itself to some kind of growth or a cheerful light or some thing positive.

 

In this painting my intention was to create a cyclone type of movement.  A light hole came about instead of a black hole and the dome underneath gave birth to the growth of that "Tree of Life".

Demo at Zen Gallery

I thought about what media to take to the gallery for the demo, what kind of crowd I'd be getting and what subject matter to paint, before the date.  Finally decided on either brush painting or finger painting depending on how it goes.  While I was setting up I felt like finger painting from my memory.   The painting below is the result.
All I used was my little pinkie for the mountains, land and water; and my little finger nail to paint the boats, some foliage, the birds and the figure on the cliff and finally the steps from the mountain below to the cliff.  As if I have lived there and that's me who climbed all the up and now enjoying the scenery from up there.