What's Your Summer Fun? New Umbrella Paintings + July 1st Art Walk

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Will You Bring Summer Fun Inside?

What fun do you bring into your home that reminds you of carefree days? Of nature or relaxing?

photo credit: Lotta Photo

Or do you leave the fun out of your house?

Are you waiting for a better time to have fun?

Do you see the big picture or gravitate towards details?

I find myself appreciating people who can see bigger picture perspectives of life as I’ve had a tendency to hyper focus on details. This can be both a super power and has been a challenge that translated in the past to holding onto projects for longer than necessary. “The past” as in last week. Hah.

I’ve waited for the perfect time for all the details to be attended to in a certain way, for some undetermined time in the future. However, we really never know how long we have on the planet. Maybe there is a more fun way to live life.

Consider having fun today.

Here is a secret: This is a big step for me. I’ve included a photo of me above with what appears as a finished painting umbrella painting. Two days after that photo was taken, I added a stroke to the painting that made it really finished. I decided to let the photo go into the world. Yeh, I know this may seem like no big deal to many people, however for me it is an act of trust, to release the grip on something that doesn’t exist in the world, the ability to control anything.

It’s likely most people won’t be able to find that final stroke stroke… Although if you feel like playing Where’s Waldo–let me know if you find it.

“What Shines Through” by Brooke Harker 45″ x 80″ ink, oil and acrylic on canvas click here for price

The title “What Shines Through” references the idea that even in the shade, whether of an umbrella or life, light always shines through.

If you would like to see this painting on your wall, contact Greg Martin at Lu Martin Galleries for a trial viewing if local or via photoshop. Read more about them below.

Are You Living the Sweet Life?

“The Sweet Life” by Brooke Harker 36″ x 66″ ink, oil & acrylic on canvas SOLD

Do you see the eye candy of the world around you?

Although this painting already found it’s home, I share it here because it tells a story of the moments that surround us.

Has it occurred to you that the arrangement of whatever you see in front of you won’t exist again? Ever? Exactly as it is right now?

Painting umbrellas is a salute to that idea for me. What do they remind you of?

photo credit: Lotta Photo

What Umbrellas Are in the Studio?

So far this is titled: “Sun & Soul” by Brooke Harker 40″ x 66″ ink, oil & acrylic on canvas

More beach fun in process!!!

in process: “Together in Time” by Brooke Harker 54″ x 74″ ink, oil & acrylic on canvas

The above painting includes over 30 people who submitted their photos to me on social media and through my email list to be included in this painting that began in 2020 during the pandemic. I share in a Saturday Night Live Art Show below why I paused on this one a bit. It is back in motion again as the world opens up again.