You Are My Sunshine (Painting)

12x12 Canvas
2014 by Stephanie Hand

I started off with a stencil and spray paint in January... It didn't feel "done" and I couldn't think of what it needed... I came back to it month after month and pondered it... always feeling stumped and moving on...

 Then finally one day in the late summer/early fall after taking interest in drawing cute birds, it dawned on me.... This painting needs some birdies!! Some word stickers saying "YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE" and boom! The painting felt "done" in the best way possible.

 Never give up on a painting that seems like a lost cause... I used to dread seeing that sunbeam of failure and now its one of my all time favorite pieces I've painted. <3