Date with the Rain

Date with the Rain Pastel, acrylic, crayon and epoxy mixed media on board 18” x 24” I made this while listening to Eddie Kendrick’s “Date with the Rain”, a joyful song about heartbreak. I felt similar thoughts during a period of independence while walking through the rain and feeling raindrops on my head. Anna Sparks is a mixed media artist, designer, photographer, and self-described 'arranger of things’. After relocating from Seattle to NYC where she lived from 2016-2019, she moved back to the Pacific Northwest to recover from a sudden brain cancer diagnosis. She combines her love for traveling and visual storytelling with her desire to spread a message and document the changing environment through art. “La Vie en Rose” is a nod to her love for French culture and her passion for music. The mixed media pieces in this show depict seeing life through rose-colored glasses, or the experience of finding joy and staying positive despite life’s ups and downs. Anna Sparks was bo