CHRISTMAS JOY!!!

 hanging angel ornaments...i'm at it again...just can't resist...it's soon to be Christmas afterall...

 i got this idea to share with everyone, anyone...found it in a magazine somewhere?
grabbed an empty box...tore out an interesting paper page from magazine, painted a wash and then white randomly.
then painted the angel and dressed her.
glued old jewelry on the top and added wire and beads...voila... an intriguing ornamental!

HAPPY WEEKEND TO ALL MY BLOGGING BUDS! XOXO

SUPPORTIVE friends, a world of wealth...

 i jumped out of my car when i arrived at work last week, ran under one of the chinese pistache trees and shot many photos...one day these were just beginning to change and then overnight they turned so magnificent. they are all over the campus and so INSPIRATIONAL!!!

 i don't usually frame my work with glass on them, but for some reason i really liked the trasformation the glass gave this simple painting...and then i loved how the photo shows the reflection of a window on the left :))

i have so much fun experimenting...always...while taking one of misty's classes i didn't have watercolor paints so tried turning my acryrlics into just that (it's done all the time i hear). any hoo, that's how i painted this one, with a little ink to outline. while painting it, i was THINKING of mistie and her words and her support and thought it looked like her...but then when i was done...i thought...this doesn't look like her at all, but happily i thought..."i love the feel, the emotions this has turned out and THAT'S just why mistie's paintings drew me in in the first place"! This was quite awhile back and now she sits on the San Clemente Pier in Southern California...for sale yes...in my niece's space...if she doesn't sell, i won't be sad...honest...i maybe should have saved her...we shall see what's meant to be! and i don't usually get so attached to my work...has this happened to you?

The previous post was a hasty trial at posting on BLOGGERS new modern version...i still have to learn so much, but know it's good for me :))

THANK YOU FOR PEEKING AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING XOXO

NEW ON ETSY and NEW to the updated posting...oy vey!

                                                      All the details are on FB and Etsy!
                                                                        XOXO

CHRISTMAS IS AROUND THE CORNER!!!

Greetings Everyone

i finally get to chat with ya' all!

i haven't had time to peruse YOUR blogs, but will be doing just that off and on all next week, vacation from job at school allots me time for this and painting!!!!

can't wait to see what you have been up to...i felt so isolated without the wonder of the computer.

annnd...i am having a sale on ETSY and will be adding more as the week progresses....

This is a painted 2X4 and stands 14" tall

her "dreads" are wired beads

...so much fun on board and am anxious to see what everyone else has been up to!

and miss Chris, you are at the top of the list baby, checking up on me, unbeknownst to me till the computer was up and running...finding your messages in my e mail and blog...THANK YOU FUNNY GIRL!

XOXOXO

Not a Vacation

i'll be back in about a month i hope...my computer is CRASHING! i will miss ALL YOU LOVeLIES, but will see you on the flip side!
Many happy CREATive days to you all, wanda xoxo

CITY LIFE--COUNTRY LIFE

SHE LIVED IN THE TOWN BENEATH THE CITY

i used to keep sheep.

i had different colored sheep, black, brown and white.

we sheared them, i spun and wove. i still do a little in the winter, it is in my bones to stay.

people used to give me fleece that i washed, dyed and spun...but hardly anyone knows that part of me anymore (especially those with sheep)...so now i have to send away and here is a wonderful place to do that...just in case a follower friend would be interested. you can enlarge to see the address:)) This is how it came in the mail...so pretty, inviting and special...

when i found this in the morning light, i had to do it!

SPUN!

(but i won't let myself spin the rest until it's freezing outside and warm inside by the fire)

Happy Weekend Everyone!

XOXO

INTUITIVE PAINTINGS

If you look on julie prichard's site...her latest on line course, with chris cozens'...you will see a preview of # 6 in the line up of lessons.

this is the one that i have fallen in love with...so in between portraits i am playing and digging INTUITIVE ART. something i was already in the midst of, but when i got to lesson #6...OH BABY, my fire was lit!

julie and chris' on line lessons are so fabulous...when i took julie's first one, i sold every painting that i painted after that...there was so much depth, so many layers and a truly different way of painting.

since loosening up and letting go, miracles and fun have happened over and over (certainly, not EVERY SINGLE TIME) and i am still on fire.

you can take a gander at julie's talent over at http://thelandoflostluggage.com

her classes stay up forever after you have taken them and they are extremely REASONABLE. i just got my computer back tonight. it was being held hostage while it was supposed to be tuned up, cleaned up, more room for more wonders...ha! they did nothing, and charged me nothing! live and learn!

i still can't leave messages on blogs (not that that had anything to do with the free tune up).

it's so discouraging.

DOES ANYONE HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHAT'S UP WITH THIS PROBLEM???

BLUE MUSIC ROOM

ENLARGE to see some layers...there are a LOT! Some more INTUITIVE paintings...this looks a might distorted as it isn't taped down TO the easel at the top.

i have just a few more changes and it's probably going to be titled the BLUE MUSIC ROOM :))

in my next post i'll tell you why and how this all started...it's not a big deal really, but then again YES IT IS, because i am obsessed in all good ways!

and....i can't leave messages on many of your blogs, it's not that i haven't been there...i have and tried...maybe it'll be time for me to change to another blog realm...hmmm!

I WISH YOU ALL A MARVELOUS DAY AND EVENING...

filled with music from ANYWhere...YOUR heart, soul, radio, birds, silence....

XOXO

Spirit Family and Clare?

i've been doing a lot of INTUITIVE painting since taking a class (more on that later). the class is not on INTUITIVE painting, but this has just been happening :))

clare- i have tried for several days to leave you a comment (long ones, heh heh) but blogger will not allow me in. this is what it states: "cookie value is null for FormRestoration". does anybody know how to fix this or get around this? it happens periodically, but then straightens itself out??? not this time, i'm in the dark and frustrated, i love talking to clare! xoxo

...so, we took a little trip down south from northern california.

i have seen so many different kinds of fruits and vegetables cruisin' down the freeway...but never carrots, there is a first time for everything!

this was the best shot i could get.

there is just something thrilling to me, ever since my childhood to see items from our good earth traveling far, to who knows where...!

...coming down from the tehachapai mountains, so barren, so beautiful!

i always love seeing these...

Tea bag girl :))..that's the background...

teabags that are painted, stamped and dyed...

very fun, and this is one i had buried, found and improved!

Have a MARVELOUS autumn weekend, FRIENDS one and all!

xoxo

"INVENT YOUR OWN WORLD"

She was given an improvement or two...

...THEN, she dressed in her special ensemble...real dried flowers and gorgeous sheer fabric!!!

...and then she was FRAMED!!!

lookin' at her any which way...we can "invent our own world"!! She is heading off to Tango Yogurt or down south to Orange County

California, that is *}

Happy Weekend Friends

XOXO

It's still so HOT here in Northern Cal and these works were found in our local yogurt shop....

an extremely special person, julie bought this, "SECRET KEEPER".

i was so thrilled because she said she absolutely fell in love with her, her words and perfect colors in her home...(ya' just never know, eh?)

THIS/she was one of my absolute favorites, i almost kept her...but today HEATHER purchased her. as i spoke to her over the phone she said she had red hair herself :). i forgot to tell her that red is my favorite color to paint hair. it always seems to pop and go with any colors of the rainbow. heather said she might show where she has her hanging in her home, i sure hope so :)) oh...she was framed with some of the raised flowers right on the frame...

bye bye, "she always brings flowers"

on 1/01/09 i started painting portraits...i had done a lot of mixed media and made and sold art dolls at this time.

this is a plain ol' story of encouragement for anyone and everyone...

people found me, people liked my work, people started showing my work (remember again, i'm just a plain ol' lady with a not so plain passion ;)

then i was contacted by the Art Commission in our regular ol' town of newcastle, and then auburn, calif, the town above our little town.

today a woman, Heather called wanting to buy a painting, and noticed that they were mostly women and girls (that's another whole story from wanda) so i said, i'd work on some men and boys more, i do like them, in fact i love them, so...we'll see what tomorrow brings!

WHEW, CAROLYN, maybe this is TOOO many words....but..............

i just want to encourage everyone, that when you put your mind to things you love,,,,

STUFF HAPPENS....GOOOD STUFF....GOOD PEOPLE and on and on...I AM GRATEFUL TO ALL THE GOOD!!!

XOXO

Painting the Blues Away...

HER KITE
HER FEET

HER HEAD, HER NECK, HER HEART...

SHE FLEW HER KITE BY MOONLIGHT!

I THANK YOU ALL AND LOVE YOU ALL

XOXO

Healing and Moving on...

Buffy, Diane, Jane, Rachel, Theresa and Yael...thank you for your love and prayers and hugs to every bloomin' one of you. when i saw your comments and faces, i smiled, giggled and trembled with tears...good tears. you all have helped me be more at peace. i love each of you dearly...oh, theresa, you wondered where i went, heh heh, not far, just low :). XOXO

here is a sunrise, at mom and dad's before mom passed away. mom ALWAYS became EXCITED over sunrises and sunsets...

this is mama, under my sister candy's hands, while she lay dying...i never thought this would be this hard, but she left a legacy of 8 loving siblings, and flew to heaven on 9/11/11. taking photos of this you say...i know, it seemed weird at first, but then it seemed nothing but right. my dad even asked me to run in his room and take a pic of my sister carolyn who had fallen asleep next to moms head...no more words...

how could you not love this attire?

this is dad, he did a lot of gazing out the window, while mom lay dying in the next room.

he sang to her, prayed over her, gave her kisses and permission to go. he took such good care of her till the bitter end, like a loving angel. he says he's a survivor now, but only half a man. the father of 8 children, he is so special to us.
Mom died on 9/11/11

There will be a celebration of life on 9/30/11
i can garantee mom will be present, her 8 children and family were her

TOP PRIORITY.

A HAPPY WEEKEND TO YOU ALL

XOXOXO
WANDA

I'll be back soon...

PROCESS ROCKS!

No tangible product need or necessarily is produced from creative effort...

and then a lot of the time it takes a tremendous aMOUNT of discipline to see our efforts in our

own PERSONAL CREATIVE END...and seemingly to me, mixed media opens the door to such wonders!!! we'll have to wait to see where these processes lead or end :) !
piece of old rotting wood, torn from one of my planters





both sides of a 2 X 4...hmmm. we shall soon find out, eh?!

crape myrtle, one of my favorite bushes or trees and...

this one happens to be my favorite of all the reds!!!









make your own watercolors

from your lovely acrylics...

is such fun and awfully PRETTY, just to play in!

This is not the end!

A WONDERFUL 3 DAY HOLIDAY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE IT!

for those that don't, i'd love you to stop by after work and dabble in paint with me!

XOXO