#260 "Christmas Eve at Home"
15x20" acrylic on maple cradled panel
Each year I like to create one of these illuminated Christmas paintings. Originally this idea came from my childhood where my great aunt had an old illuminated Christmas scene she had up on her wall. I always loved it. Over the years the idea has morphed. For this year's version I wanted to create a painting that is not only unique and fun to look at over the holidays, but also stands up as a great piece to hang on the wall all year even when not illuminated. I worked from many small thumbnail sketches to arrive at the composition you see in the final painting. The warm LED lights have 8 settings and an automatic timer that turns on the same time everyday for 6 hours, and then off for 18 hours.