Expectant (Growing Up Show)

My goal for an upcoming art show at the University of Alberta Hospital's McMullen Art Gallery was to finish one painting each month starting in September. I've been falling behind on this goal which makes me sad as I don't know how much time there will be for painting once my own little one arrives. The impending shift in my career both scares me and thrills me as I make the transition from full time freelance illustrator to full time mom with part time painting ambitions. Perhaps this painting reflects some of my current hopeful feelings about the change and in the mean time I hope to kick my painting up a notch and get caught up!

For those of you who have not yet had the chance to enter for a set of 5 prints by yours truly (to celebratae 200 blog posts) you still can. The contest ends on Wednesday the 17th of December.

* In background of photo is the first painting I worked on for the show - still waiting to be finished.