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Two quotes and the need for slowing down inspired this restful grungy piece. Rest is such a hard thing for me, but so crucial to my, well… everything! When we can rest, we are so much better with our creativity and relationships. We have more to give and extending grace is easier.

“If you get tired learn to rest, Not to quit.” – Banksy

“Rest is not idleness and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer day, listening to the murmur of the water or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”

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Supplies used: 11×14 mdf board, vintage paper scraps, Deco art media fluid acrylics ( titanium white, carbon black, prussion blue hue, raw umber, quinacridone gold, cobalt teal hue) Americana sea breeze, Deco art modeling paste, Sennelier oil pastels, charcoal pencil, soft pastel,

Stencils used Wildflower, old world mini, window 1, vases, background 1, eucalyptus branch, garden,