Wings

This piece has been accepted in the Manitou Springs Commonwheel Artists Co-op show entitled  Recycled Art.   The stubstrate is a vintage piece of sheet music.  When the pages are closed, the title of the music Forest Sketches is visible, when opened the mixed media of Wings appears.  There is a story behind this piece of music!  While poking around an estate sale in Denver I discovered a stack of vintage sheet music and also learned about a woman named Lois.  She had been one of the first medical missionaries to China in the early 1900’s.  Her hands had played this musical piece  as well as skillfully healed the sick.  She was a true ministering angel!  I used a Cathedral themed stencil with acrylic inks and paints as the first layer.  With white acrylic ink I drew the angel and added hand painted pieces of paper as wings.  Words are written on top of the wing and also  around the angel.  The opening reception for the show is October 21 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.  If you are in the neighborhood please stop by and say hello.  To enter a piece in the show, it has to be for sale.  I was reluctant to enter this piece because I love it so much.  Time will tell if someone else loves it too!!!