AN ORDINARY WEDNES DAY...

 It started,

well,

after many layers...

it became 

THIS.

Then...

 And then

ended today!

It is on a board with no fram around it.

I might even add some

HOT WAX...

 CLOSE UP

 CLOSE UP

 another

CLOSE UP

Last

CLOSE UP!

THE VERY NEXT DAY...on a Saturday...with fun starts...then more layers...

 We'll have to see what comes of these...

TOMORROW...and tomorrow and tomorrow...

HAPPY WEEKENDER ALL...

A FRIDAY, half way through June...

 a LONG time ago when I found an old piece of wood with nails sticking out all over...

I thought hmmmm…

YES! perfect for some cutesy mixed media painting. 

There are black and white beads hanging on the left,

if you can't tell.

This was very fun to complete!

 This week I had a 

"thank you" 

on 

Face Book

GIVE AWAY.

This was one.

 and this was another...

It was for the 

APPRECIATION

of all my supporters!

 And then

there was this.

There is gold leaf intermixed at the bottom

that doesn't show up in the photo.

 Every winner lives locally,

but for one, a niece!

So now all these people are coming over

and we get to visit!

 I never knew or thought

that so much delight

and endearment would

be attached to this episode.

Each winner left such beautiful

messages.

And with so much excitement!

The only sore point...

not having everyone win.

(sad face)

Did you ever do this about 8 years ago from your blog?

I did and had forgotten how rewarding

it can be!

I will undoubtedly do this again.

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERY ONE!!!

SUNDAY in June...

 Dyed fabric

embroidered fabric

cardboard

personal photo

torn papers

acrylics

Torn paper w/my handwriting

acrylics

A BRIGHT 

AND

HAPPY SUNDAY

EVERYONE!

PLAY TIME after hanging some of my art work in a cafe yesterday, June 5, a good Tuesday with friends and husband...a most GRATEFUL LIFE...

 THOUGHTS

for the 

SUNSHINE

in my heart!

OH, THE COLORS on the first days of June, 2018...

 Magazine pages stacked

up to show you...

These are some of the ones 

I used yesterday to 

intentionally

daub paint

off of other paintings.

 While getting organized

for a new showing

in July...

I ran across this one painting that I really

never liked.

So...

I painted over it and am so excited as to how it appears now!

 This is a close up of the one above.

Trying to show you the wonderful textures

that appeared.

And

the colors peeking through now!

 Here is the next one I painted over

and am in love with the colors!

 There are 3 altogether,

over paintings.

These have left me open for 

WONDERS!

Using more of my left over paint.

Smooshing and putting them on top of one another.

Such fun!

 Then I found an huge 

charcoal paper.

And went to town on it while I had to take a phone call.

It's not like i'll ever run out of collaging

papers, EVAH!

But now I have new fresh ones and will probably weed out some oldies.

This is a constant

'doing'.

We just never know what tomorrow will bring.

And I will try to remember to show you 

the transformations...

HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE

FUN FOR THIS DAY in May...

I was thinking...

for a little kid's room...

but

this could be for anyone!

HAPPY DAY

SPARKLE

YOUR GREATNESS

LAST FUN FRIDAY in May, 2018 ~ experimenting...

 Something a little different

for my style...

Very difficult to photograph.

8"x10" canvas

acrylics, hand dyed fabric, yarn, photo transfers

"Be courageous and shine. Show yourself in all your greatness"

HELLO AGAIN, in May of 2018...

 I went away for awhile...

It was to repair and heal.

And today,

back at the drawing board...

This piece has been on the back burner...

then bam...

It came to fruition!

 This is a close up of the left hand

top corner.

Dyed cheese cloth over some gray paint.

the words up close.

Title:

"What if you...

write the songs etc."

I hope everyone is having a very fine weekend.

And I am thanking you right now for continuing to follow my work and life as I looked at my stats, thinking...they would be a zero.

HAPPY SATURDAY

8"x10" wrapped canvas

FIRST SUNDAY IN MARCH...

1/4 of a new piece

almost finished...
Acrylic paint, seed pods, torn page from an old diary, modeling paste through a stencil, ink, and of course the feather I found!

LAST DAY IN FEBRUARY 2018...

 Remember when I showed you this?

And it wasn't quite finished...

 It earned a title...

"THE DANCE BEGINS"

 The strip of blue is dyed ribbon with marks painted later.

Old music sheet

 Here you can see dyed embroidered fabric and torn art papers

 inks

acrylics

book end

torn fabric

This newer series has been so difficult to finish.

But almost all my different avenues are hard to finish.

So, when it comes to fruition...

You can only imagine!

My eyes are aging...

In the light of day..a truer color

A SNOWY BLOWY MONDAY...

 8"x10"

Canvas wrapped frame

 This one and the following

are all

close up shots.

These are more to the true color of

the finished piece.

 While walking some property,

a few years back,

in Santa Catalina, Panama,

We ran across this gate!

'PEACE OF MIND'

Of course I had to take a photo!

 I used acrylics

pencil

photos

stencils

rub ons

And this was

a very

different and fun piece to create!

SLEEPLESS NIGHT IN FEBRUARY...

 It's been crazy around here like a circus.

And in our world, such sadness..

ergo...sending this is winded wings...

LOVE.

 And I really am, simply going with the flow of hardship,

figuring out the lessons...

 WE have been stopped in our tracks with

emergencies of late...

making us appreciate so much more,

what's right in front of us...

This was one morning last week 

when the sky tried really hard to be PINK!