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My Shadows 1 • Canvas Print

from $750.00

Canvas Print with Natural Wood Frame

This beautiful custom canvas print is handcrafted every step of the way. Printed on artists canvas with a matte finish by a sustainable print shop and hand-stretched and signed by the artist in her studio, this print will look and feel like an original painting.

This series of self portraits is a reflection of the places my heart and mind have wandered to this year. My inner world has been full of brutally beautiful shadows and I’ve spent many months walking through the darkness, looking for the light. As an artist, I have always been drawn to the contrast between shadow and light. Every painting for me begins with a simplification of nuanced values into shadow vs. light shapes, and I’ve realized this year that the way I experience the world is similar to the way I create my art. I don’t just see the contrast around me, I feel it in my bones.

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Canvas Print with Natural Wood Frame

This beautiful custom canvas print is handcrafted every step of the way. Printed on artists canvas with a matte finish by a sustainable print shop and hand-stretched and signed by the artist in her studio, this print will look and feel like an original painting.

This series of self portraits is a reflection of the places my heart and mind have wandered to this year. My inner world has been full of brutally beautiful shadows and I’ve spent many months walking through the darkness, looking for the light. As an artist, I have always been drawn to the contrast between shadow and light. Every painting for me begins with a simplification of nuanced values into shadow vs. light shapes, and I’ve realized this year that the way I experience the world is similar to the way I create my art. I don’t just see the contrast around me, I feel it in my bones.

 

SHIPPING

Shipping is a flat rate of $50 or free local pick-up for Portland, OR.

CANVAS PRINTS

Each piece is printed directly onto artist matte canvas material using high-quality archival inks. Canvas Prints are hand-stretched around 1.5” artist stretcher bars and come ready with a wire hanger on the back.

*A note about the product photos: This is a new product that is made to order, so the photos are digital mock-ups and unfortunately they do not show the full beauty of these prints in real life. New product photos of the real life canvas prints will be added as prints are sold! Please explore my Original Painting product pages to see what you can expect these prints to look like.

SUSTAINABILITY

༄ The artist canvas is made from 100% cotton, which is then stretched around pine wood stretcher bars. All materials come from the earth and carry no harmful toxins.

༄ Custom printed by high end print labs in the USA using sustainable practices.

༄ All prints are shipped as plastic free as possible, with recycled and repurposed materials.

GOOD TO KNOW

༄ With your purchase, you are supporting an individual female artist with a very small art business. I am grateful for every order.

༄ Canvases are printed by Photo Innovation Lab in Illinois and hand stretched by me in my Oregon studio.

༄ Canvas Prints come with hanging hardware.

༄ Your order is printed on demand so please allow up to 4 weeks for us to process, print, stretch, sign, pack and ship your order. You will receive an email when your artwork has shipped with tracking information.

༄ Due to the custom nature of these prints, I cannot accept returns or exchanges.

༄ If any damage occurs to your prints in the shipping process, please contact me. Each situation will be assessed and dealt with to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction.

INSPIRATION FOR MY ARTWORK

Light may allow us to see, but shadows add clarity and depth to what we are looking at. Around us, shadows give shape and definition to every form we see. Within us, shadows shape and define who we are as unique beings. We all have shadows, dark and difficult things we were given to carry throughout our lives. But just as afternoon shadows dance with the movement of the sun, our shadows can take different shapes. Sometimes they’ll feel dark enough to consume us. Other times they’ll fade into colorful mid-tones. Some shadows are cast on us, while others hide in the recesses of our souls. Regardless of where they come from or where they fall, the collective nature of our shadows is that they are all created from our light. Equally, our light wouldn’t be nearly as beautiful without the contrast of our shadows to add meaning and depth to our lives. Full of contrast and color, peace and turmoil, hope and hardship, joy and grief, birth and death, shadow and light, life itself is a work of art.