"Rebirth" Original Oil and Acrylic Painting This is my favorite animal

This is my favorite animal hide to work with

I started with a very watery messy abstract pass over the whole canvas in acrylic

Gems used: African jade

I don’t know what’s going on here

As soon as I let go and relinquished control the piece evolved into something that had life

"Rebirth" Original Oil and Acrylic Painting This is my favorite animal36x48 inches, oil and acrylic on cradled board. Wired and ready to hang. About: A phoenix rises from the flames. She is still in the stage of formation and has not fully found her form yet. Geometric shapes collide and change their appearance, shimmer in and out of being and then solidify in the shape of a marvelous bird, a symbol of strength and birth into a new life, a defiant act of willpower and magic. She can not be kept down and her spirit