Dad Gave Me a New Chore!

A Fine Day for Shopping!

 here is what happened...

 on one fine day...

 while painting intuitively...

on a barrel stave! :))

Go in close for view of her fabric skirt!

BARREL STAVES

 in between, summer endeavors...

 i have been painting on different mediums...

this is my time of year, that i seem to frolic, more than any other season!

ENJOY and CHERISH the rest of our summer days!!!

Heat Wave

4 a.m. this morning...89 degrees and i suspect the fires around us sent the moon this color

SUMMER MEMORIES

Returning here next year...Seal Beach California...with my sisters "3"...SIGH...tears...

ON A WING AND A PRAYER

a DELICIOUS fading summer!!!

ONE OF THOSE SUMMER BREAKS...

 ...and yet, another piece of a painting that i layered over the top

 ...and then another...so they are no longer visable, except in my computer...i should make cards out of them, yes!

 barrel stays, that broke and richard saved for me to paint...i shall be fashioning them into something COOL!

 ...and i KNOW that one of these boards will HAVE to have this particular knob encorporated into the piece of work :))

 ...and this is just a little teeny PIECE of a very large painting of the ocean and YES...

even some "M" birds. that makes me smile. i never ever dreamed i'd be painting M-birds, but this painting just called out for them! the entire collage is painted over with a palette knife. wanda has been all over the place with her paints, heh heh!

...and lastly...i posted this mug shot of me on face book as bunches of people didn't know what i looked like...now they do, as you, if ya' haven't seen me wandering around your town yet! HA!

i am going on a break to finish up a lot of paintings and work for the artwalk, in august. i have only shown pieces and parts of my paintings, because, if you come to the artwalk, i want you to have a surprise or two :)) ...more on that later...see you in about a month.

i hope you are all having a wonderful summer vacation, or a wonderful season, depending on what part of the earth you inhabit!

HAPPY JULY FRIENDS, WANDA

ran out of paints as i was going large...

 first up..."make your own life"...this will be changed into who knows...not even me :)...lots of cool layers...17" X 33"

 and this one shall go through some more changes...12" X 12" on an ampersand board...

 this is PART of one that is finished...and reads; "poetry of...listening to your thoughts"...i'll divulge it's entirety later...i'm on a roll right now...i ran out of paint for some of these...that's NEVER HAppened before to me...but guess there is always a first time for everything...i don't think i am going to wait for my dickblick order to arrive!

17" X 33"

 now...this is getting humorous for me...this has already gone through some changes...and looks nothing like this, nor the coloring :))

it's 4 x 12 x 2 gallery wrapped...

VOILA!...she is wearing a hand painted silk skirt and wearing a hand made paper flower in her NON HAIR DO...(REMinds me of the days when our little erin lea, had no hair, i would tape a bow to her head, and people would still say, oh, what a darling little boy you have...dressed in pink, wearing a bow, and little pierced earring hoops)  WHOOP WHOOP!

LIFE IS GOOD RIGHT NOW!

HOPING YOURs IS AS WELL!

Play Every Day...YES!!!

 she is painted on a cupboard door...

 the door measures: 14" X 37"...

and there are a LOT of layers and textures, cloth, fabric, ink and paper and of course paint!

i hope you are all PLAYing today and have a wonderful weekend!

XOXO

wORD!

 paint layers, paper layers...

 modeling paste, imprints, bumps, no bruises, more layers...

framed, encorporated with painting

BRAVE NEW DAYS comes to mind :))

 going to fix her lips and then she's done and the words will come...

 the back of a scrub brush, that we used to scrub cement off, around aggregate stones we trimmed our long driveway with...that took us 4 summers, ugh, but worth it!

every time i weed eated, this would flib out of the edgings and i'd say to myself (this is aging beautifully, with natural crackles, deep gorgeous crackle) and voila! scrub brush annie!

HAPPY WEEKEND FRIENDS!

XOXO

WEDDING AND PAINTING AGAIN!

 i am itching to paint some faces...

17" X 32"-framed canvas

 but not sure YET, WHAT THESE WILL TURN OUT TO BE IN THE END...

AND THE END COULD BE NEAR OR FAR...I HOPE to find out sooner-est...but we'll see

12" X 36" X 2" wrapped, not needing a frame :)

 these next two are the same starts, with different lighting, ho hum...

 i am digging the colors, but they may be completely different in the end ;)

17" X 31" frame will be encorporated with canvas

 another CUPBOARD DOOR...lending itself to just be painted and layered and layered and layered and LOVING it, over and over, sheesh!

14" X37"

 16" X 16" X 2"

i had to throw a square in the pot...i always have a hard time with decisions for a square piece...so here'sssss hoping...

 i've been too busy to paint, with company and our girl's wedding...

here she is before her gown was donned...LOVE this erin lea!

end of the dance with her dad! the start of a new delightful family! WHEW!

AND next up, i will get some time soon to visit all of YOU!

XOXOXO

Wanda's Whimsical Work ;)

 More than a year ago, i submitted these to somerset magazine. i was so thrilled to have come up with this idea,

 for many reasons....

 i LOVE telling stories, REAL ONES, verbally, not just my own, but also about those that have been in my life. i started to put the header up as "story people", but there is already a great guy, brian out there who has been using that title for his WONDERFUL work, since forever :)...so

we'll call them anything, these stories of mine...i adore making them, especially on cardboard (lots of reasons)...it's a good way to try out ideas and to GROW ideas for new paintings. these little SPECIALTIES are very affordable and i have been told, that some are "tender, touching and just right" for a gift. i LOVE that! those of you out there creating know just what i'm talking about! ;)

and man oh man, i'm in some mighty good company in the issue, making it quite special this time...Diane, Francesca and Jenny...i even took a class from christy tomlinson. oh my goodness.

and last but certainly not least...MISTY MAWN...there she is with her words...promoting her student's and their work, not hers. speaking to our hearts as she teaches us to art with our hearts and souls, truly making a difference in the approaches we might take or NOT take.

i am truly grateful to be recognized publically, knowing that there are millions out there that are prompted for a chance as well. i am just one regular joe, wanting to inspire and light a fire under anyone, including myself, tee hee!

Thank you to all my TEACHERS, online and in person...i get to learn even more!

XOXO

BIRDS ON MY MIND ;)

 These 2 little bird hangers are off to mary hunt's gallery

 the STAGECOACH GALLERY (she's on fb and has a blog)

she will be having a free drawing, in person, the month of June!!

good LUCK to all those that turn out. mary has put together an extremely BEAUTY of eclectic artists of all kinds!

 here's 3 little eggs ready to hatch soon! you can only see 2 because mom and dad HATE me and my camera. and now get this: that green stalk that stands out with the brown twigs are green onions we threw over the bank! i wonder if they enjoyed the aroma before it dried out? :)

 This IS one of my WIP (i have ADHD)...planning on stringing them one on top of the other, as a hanger, possibly with a little branch. They were so delicious to paint...(see just below)

 

i made these after taking stephanie lee's and judy wise's PLASTER STUDIO class.

they are each painted on both sides of plaster and linen (from one of my favorite lime green dressses, shhh) ANNNND...these are what the little birds are painted on.

if you haven't attempted to paint on plaster???? it is so marvelous...you have to do it to find out just how scrumptious it is, the way it accepts paint/or doesn't...many happy surprises!

HAPPY FRIDAY AND WEEKEND MY FRIENDS! WANDA

it might be a while before my next post...our only daughter erin lea is getting married to theron on may 25!

xoxoxo