Lightning, Thunder, and Sun

This was all done with crayola oil pastels. My budget doesn't cover those fancy Van Gogh pastels that are for sale at the art supply store, but I think it worked for this image all right.

Sorry that the photo is crooked. I haven't figured out how to crop in picassa yet, plus I'm lazy.

I also used a little bit of yellow splashed poster paint over the top to sort of mimic chaos.

I might have been a little hyper-active when this was created. I'm sure you can tell by the shapes, colors, and overall presentation that I was "up", manic, if you will.

I think the inspiration for me was this moment of pure elation I was feeling---hope for my future. I was also surrounded by friends and I think it comes through. Even though it's "spiky" and "chaotic" there's something exciting and unexpected about it, like lightning in the middle of the day. My favorite bit is the green circles creating a larger curved line with black spikes, outlined in blue and splashed with yellow paint (mid-right).