"THE EARTH HAS MUSIC FOR THOSE THAT LISTEN"

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 This is how it started...

I couldn't sleep one night...I am working on painting a guitar...

so I had painted this cupboard door black on a previous occasion,

then decided to collage some papers that night.

 

 

 

 

 

 then I used some of the same colors as the guitar...

 

 

 

 

 and then, I really went to town on painting...

 

 

 

 

 a few days later I painted a face...

 

 

 

 

 and loved her...but even more...

 

 

 

 

 was a new excitement (still is)...

 

 

 

 

that a lot of my work and dreams are continuing to meld...

into something I've chased since the beginning!

there are no RIGHTS or WRONGS...

just WONDERS divulging themselves as I paint

and glue, and dip and dive...

beautifully, and manage to continue...

INTUITIVELY!!!

 

 

6" x 15 1/2"

I think more the size of a drawer rather than a cupboard...

I used the back side

JOURNAL toDAY...

in my new journal today...I learned alot

this was the start

I truly felt like leaving her this way

aah, well...I didn't ;)

showing you and me her stages...ready set go!

ACRYLIC PAINT, ah YES!

i just didn't like how they looked in the previous post...

 

 

 

 

ergo...the change on this serious painting ;)

sometimes i need to take my fun stuff more seriously,

SERIOUSLY...hmm?

HAPPY NEW YEAR FRIENDS!

 I started a painting/poetry/writing journal for the new year.

I finally had such a better understanding as to why these art journals...

 

 

 

 

 can be invaluable to one! or more ;)

 

 

 

 playing is my all time favorite way to loosen up and then...

 

 

 

 it is ASTOUNDING as to how much we learn from poking around in techniques we already know, or new ones and PLAY with all of it!

 

 

 

 this one was a layer of paints, then did a fake print from a square plastic cd cover using some CHEAP acrylic then writing over it when dry.

 

 

 

 this one is with a few paint layers, using brush and fingers, washi tape, and charcoal circles, and computer generated ledger piece ...

 

 

 

 just played like crazy between layers, then writing over it when dry

 

 

 

 same as above

 

 

 

 

 PLAY, the operative word

 

 



 serious play with fingers...looks kind of planetary...

 

 

 

 

 simply washi tape that I will paint over...

 

 

 

 

 and collage over

 

 

 

 one of my favorite uses in many paintings of mine;

when I blot paint off of other main pieces I am creating I save many of these for future collage, they are magazine slices ;) so they have a sheen/matte/surreal depth to them!

 

 

 

 and to repurpose more of my personal art I have copied pieces randomly sewn together, mainly paper and often fabric with a pink copy of a building side in Panama stuck on as well...

 

 

 

 

and then I painted something real serious...on one of the plain white pages.

 

all the pages are just sewn together on my sewing machine and the paper is cardstock...lots more LESSONS and LEARNING for me as well as sharing!

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

and I love visiting you and thank you for your visits, immensely! xo

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!



PASSION and FRIENdSHIP...

i just found this quote today, by Charles Bukowski,

i had never heard till now...

 

"If something turns your soul with purpose and desire,

it's YOUR duty to be reduced to ashes by it"

 

the artwork was a 7" X 7" hanger i made long ago and gifted it

;)