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Maia Palomar

@mapalomar

acrylic, black and white, family, painting

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© Maia Palomar

Fairly recently I was "commissioned" to paint a picture of my cousin and grandmother. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, but painting this was a bit of a challenge. There were definitely moments where I stopped painting and completely hated how it looked/became frustrated with myself, and I wouldn't work on it for days. I felt an odd pressure attached to making this... or maybe I'm crazy. 16x20, acrylic.

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    Morgan Elle (@immortalights) Plus Member
    07/15/2020 @ 6:47pm

    This is beautiful! Your family is so lucky to have this amazing piece of art!

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    Maia Palomar (@mapalomar)
    07/15/2020 @ 7:05pm

    @immortalights Aw, thank you so much!

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    Alex Petrarca (@alexpetrarca)
    07/17/2020 @ 8:08am

    so impressed by the hair texture!

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    Maia Palomar (@mapalomar)
    07/17/2020 @ 8:44am

    @alexpetrarca Thank you! The hair definitely took a while to do

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    Maia Palomar (@mapalomar)
    08/08/2020 @ 7:30pm

    @Mels Thank you!

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    David Wilson (@David50Wilson)
    11/28/2020 @ 12:48am

    This is wonderful! I understand that sort of pressure; when you know the person, and even if you don't, they may well have expectations, of some sort, ( who wouldn't?) Nothing 'crazy' about feeling pressure at all. Really nice drawing, Maia.

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    Maia Palomar (@mapalomar)
    11/28/2020 @ 2:05pm

    @David50Wilson Thank you very much!

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    GLB (@GBsNightmare)
    04/06/2021 @ 4:52pm

    Yes its beautiful!

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