chinese blessings (for Lana!)

Okay, here's my first try at uploading an image on my own. This is a painting I finished very recently to rush off to be shown at Arches Gallery in Healdsburg, for their 2nd anniversary show (see www.archesgallery.com). Collaged into it are "joss" papers, used in chinese ceremonies, which have a metallic foil on them. They catch the light differently, and so the painting looks slightly different from different angles and in different lights. As frequently happens for me, this started out as 2 separate paintings, which gradually became one...

40 x 60", acrylic & collage on 2 canvases
click on image to enlarge!