A HAPPY AND CONTENTED SUNDAY IN JANUARY...

 She called from

the gallery and said,

you sold another piece, Wanda.

smiling

 Then she said,

'where are some cards, where is a bio, 

people want to see you and more of your

work! Get on it sister!'

Today I started making my cards 

rather than order on line.

A lot more fun!

Thank you Chris Magisano

 I have been so busy

I really thought that

I would not get around to 

finishing

ANY

new paintings...

Well, I'll be!!

I did!

This one who's title shall be;

"A POOR MAN'S SUNLIGHT AND LANDSCAPE"

(it's a secret as to this title)

 Close up

of the above painting.

 The second mixed media,

finished!

Sitting in the sunshine to dry.

Reads;

"DANCING WITH LIGHT AND RHYTHM" 

Sometimes...

we could take our 

paint pallets and mount

them on a substrate

and they would stand

alone!

(but this one was on glass)

Smiling large today!

PRACTICE IN JANUARY...

 FW INKS

rule!

But then,

so do deli paper prints,
 that 

someone saves every ounce

to paint on!

smile

"she planted her own crops one year"

When framed 

you might notice her little house up there,

in the right hand corner?

 I 

absolutely 

LOVE 

how acrylic paint

goes down on really old papers.

I do!

I see 2 barns or out buildings 

emerging on the left.

It's going to be a 

'bear' 

when I get ready to frame it.

 Yup...

left over paints from this mornings

practice.

Painting

over

a

ripped up hand knitted something 

I did long ago...

Where will this take me...

who knows, 

I love guessing and 

EXPERIMENTING!

SMILE BIG

IT'S ALREADY A JANUARY...

 I finished 3 paintings today!

 And the words...

Easily in this quiet I come to stay...

smiling

 Not every canvas calls

for writing on the sides...

THIS ONE DID!

Materials:

Acrylic paints

Painted deli paper

Fabulous Posca pen for the writing

8"x8"x2" canvas

Old torn music sheets

Soft gel matte medium sealed

(lots of coats to give it a waxy look)

Ready to hang

HAPPY NEW YEAR ~ 2019 with some completed art work in hand...

With ink and fountain pen,

the writings read:

'come bend the day with me'

and

'underneath the layer that has become the surface on which we live our lives' 

It feels

so

GOOD 

to have finished

these 

two 

pieces!

With fountain pen and ink:

"when the soul takes flight with the music"

 I almost always

have pieces

of work

drying

or waiting

to be

done.

"when the soul takes flight with the music"

(not my quote)

I have been working for years now to get to this point

on these works, where my intentions have been.

Over and over, but never quite right.

Last month, I knew I was 'getting there'.

Little did I know i'd complete them on

JANUARY 1, 2019

SMILING

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY FRIENDS

(if anyone would like to know what techniques or exactly what the materials are, ever, simply ask. I adore sharing all information!)