Acrylic on Canvas, June 2010
Roughly 8x6 in.

This painting is actually a remake I did of a painting called Beside Still Waters by Thomas Kinkade from his book Simpler Times. The image quality isn't very good as I took it with my phone. I ended up selling this painting to one of my old elementary school teachers several months ago.

Simply Grass

Meghan Livingstone
Simply Grass, Jan. 2010
Acrylic on Canvas, 8x10 in.

This painting is another product of my simplicity phase. Refer to previous post. I began noticing the beauty in everything. How overlooked yet how lovely dew-kissed blades of grass are.

Simple Stones

Meghan Livingstone
Simple Stones, Jan. 2010
Acrylic on canvas, 12x14 in.

This painting has tremendous symbolic meaning behind it. Tremendous.
I painted this shortly after I experienced a life-changing epiphany. Back in December 2009 I was in college and one night I suddenly became aware of the stupidity of my possessions. I just began throwing so many things out, clearing out my wardrobe, clearing out my drawers and was left with necessities. I left myself with simplicity. When I withdrew from my program and moved back home for the new year, I remember cleaning out my bedroom and literally having very few belongings. I was revived. Refreshed. A clean slate. Ever since then I have repelled materialism.

I will go into more detail about this revelation (there is much, much more to talk about) and the entire journey that follows on my personal blog. In fact, I am going to begin postings in December when it marks the day that changed everything for me.