"Happy" is a huge acrylic mixed media painting. I used a variety of methods even including bubble wrap pressed into paint to create a variety of textures. When working this large, it became critical for me to put the painting somewhere that I could back up from it and see it from a distance. Playing with color, line, shape and texture were so liberating and in some ways I found working in an abstract manner almost more difficult than the tight oils and watercolors that I also create.