The Paragraph Canvas ...

I got a request on Etsy to make a custom quote canvas.  When she showed me the size of the quote, I thought ... that will be the longest quote that I've painted to date.  Yikes.  I free hand all the lettering on the quote canvases ... so it can get a little nerve wracking as I inch down the canvas, wondering if it's going to work out okay.  Or if I'll have to start over.  So this one being the longest I've done ... I knew I was going to be sweating it out for awhile.  I'm constantly keeping myself in check trying to keep the pace.  It's sort of like running a marathon.  But with painting.  :)  When this was all done, with just enough room for "Christiane Amanpour", I wiped my brow.  Phew.  I made it. 22"x28" canvas, 26+ miles.  Pretty much the same thing, right?

Quote reads:  "My most fervent hope for you is that you find something that sets you on fire, that gives you passion and joy; something that you love and believe in so much that it makes you want to work all day and all night; something that will make you willing to sacrifice; something that instills in you a deep sense of commitment and a sense of mission; something that will eventually demand your courage, your physical, your moral, your emotional courage." - Christiane Amanpour

*Please note:  The colors never came out true in the photographs.  After close to 100 photos, I couldn't get ONE to show the true blue & true red.  Frustrating, I know.  But these were jewel tones ... & this will hang on an emerald green painted wall.  The quote was part of a commencement speech at the buyer's graduation ceremony.  Neat, huh?