FINDING PEACE

This canvas was inspired by the question asked "what brings you the most peace?" The majority of the responses had some form of music, spending time/talking with friends, reading books, and just relaxing. I tried to incorporate a little of each answer in the canvas especially if they related to each other. The ear in the corner is absorbing music, loving words, stories, and anything your imagination tells you. Having all of these things flow to one central point helped me to create a flow throughout the canvas and force the viewer's eye to touch everywhere.  
The colors I used for the background was inspired by the color questions. I was surprised when These warm colors were chosen for a calming effect because I associate red with being angry. Red was the only overlapping color, each emotion(stress vs. calm) had their own color scheme but red fit into both of them. Even though these can be aggressive colors to work with, I tried to make the warm colors have a calming effect like a sunset or bonfire. I also wanted to blend them to make it soft and welcoming like the feeling associated with this canvas.