EXPLORATIONS and FAIR MAIDENS...

 i'm not waiting for the new year to ring in to dive in to some new works ;)

adding that i am on vacation break, leaving me good creative time...

 

 

 

 she hasn't found her words yet...but they are milling around in that brain

of mine...i am taking her off to Aaron Bros to get her matted and framed today

(good ol' one cent sale, they are having)

 

 

 

 i fiddled around with her in photoshop (something i am unversed in)

 

 

 

 ...and these were simply, the "POINT AND PRESS" stamp icon.

EXPLORING all POSSIBILITIES...

 

 

 

AND here is how she began, just before Christmas...

gotta love acrylic paints!

A WISH FOR YOU!

i wish all of my supporters, friends and dear loves that visit here a

VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS...or whatever other way you celebrate this time of year.

i am beyond GRATEFUL for your words with oomph and meaning behind them.

all the sharing and caring, and the in "betweens" with you all!

 

here is a work in progress, starting the new year with a Christmas Glow!

 

 

PEACE AND LOVE,

wanda

All Angel Hangers, tis' the season...

gifted this to one of my cousins...there were three best friends and one died a few months ago..so Cheryl is sending this to her friend now...more bittersweet, this is the real world. it makes me so happy to be a part of the gift.

we are all in this together and connected somehow!

 

Wishing all my friends good times with your friends...



Katie's Journal

 Miz Katie and i made journals for each other...we finished them recently and oh what a gift it has been...i never knew i could treasure something so dear, so special...

this is that same woman from the previous post, in her entirety, the facing page in Katie's journal is a collage of the LADIES READING CLUB...

i'll post it next...

 

 

 

 

this is on the back cover...Katie had glued these hearts there and painted it white, then i added photos of fabric collages i did and painted on top of them.

i was going to paint and fade out the background, but just couldn't...

this just seemed right, like this is just how WE'D BOTH like it!!!

 

 

 

i will continue to post the rest of the book as time rolls on...

Painting for Friends!

 i just love when i can "repurpose" my own paintings and it actually turns out okay...

 

 

 

 this was a printed out painting of mine on silk and then painted over the top of that with some extra treatments first...

 

 

 

 

 also took a photo of, "she keeps her secrets in her pockets",

from the same painting, encorporating that into part of the piece, or piece of the part,

depending on how you look at it...

 

 

 

 

 some stitching together of fabrics and paper...

 

 

 

 

 some paint and words.

the piece in it's entirety is glued to a book back,

and i will make a hanger out of it soon!

 

ALSO counting this as #8 in PORTRAITS 40 with Gritty Jane

i have a long way to go, especially since i start back to work tomorrow...

 

 

 

 

and here is this past post in it's entirety...

i claimed it was a commission and it was of sorts.

i didn't want miz katie to know it was for her, in our journal trade. (she figures out my secrets all the time)

this painting gave me such grief (it could have been the same as a commission, having such high expectations, when it was for someone else) and i loved her finally when finished.
 and how i LOVE
miz Katie!

 

 

She lived right next door to the LADIES READING CLUB and always brought flowers to their meetings ;) and now Miz Katie owns her!