Painting of Love

A self portrait of someone can be very interesting. I chose to blog the painting I had to do for my final in Art with Professor Carr. The painting I submitted and as you can see, is a painting of my son's foot. While I was in the processes, I was happy and very enthusiastic in painting all the little details. For example, I made sure the bandage on his foot was painted. When I painted the bandage I felt pain in a way. Pain that you feel when you get a vaccination. Pain that I once had to deliever my son. The foot painting will always remind me when he got put of the hospital at first, still with his boo boos. Seeing the smallness of his foot, will remind me always the days when he was a newborn. The color of the background, which was a yellow blanket, reminds me of the unisex colors. Which at that time I didn't want to know the sex of my love one, my son. I had to blend lots of white acyclic paint with some beige color to get the right color as it was shown in the original picture. I put much effort in blending colors and shaping every part of his foot and part leg in real color. My intention was for me to remind myself of all I had to go through to have him. Pain is sacrifice. I might as well paint portraits that have lots of feelings to me. Hang them up so I can remind myself how I am strong inside and out. I love my son with all my heart.

~~~~~~~~Angel Joseph Hernandez~~~~~~~~

Painting made by mommy