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!)

SECOND SHOWING...so close to being finished...

 They are...

 coming along

smiling

I freaked

as I

was leaving my

studio room

this morning...

I looked back at this painting

and thought there was

an accidental blog of

dripping paint...

WHEW

just a little ladybug

strolling along!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2018

 The yummiest...

 of progress...

TODAY

almost there...

a wee bit more to do!

CHRISTMAS EVE ~ 2018...

 I had fun

 making these little hangers

 for 2 of my great 

little nieces

for this Christmas.

a very MERRY to all my friends!!!

IT'S DECEMBER IN 2018...

 A new girl

and then how

'bout

that flower, dead center

not cool.

So I added some little flowers and leaves

(not shown here) 

in order to off set 

the 

FLOWER! smiling

SOLD! Thank you!

 She reads...

 Her skirt

This beauty was just lying on the porch steps

as I walked into the house.

I couldn't pass it up...

Happy Holidays

EXACTLY ONE MONTH away from Christmas day...

 We get these stacks of cards in the mail.

So I paint them

collage them

paint and collage...

 here is how this one looked...

 Then

turned it into

this!

 Paint and collage on the next one...

 Ta Da!

like magic

only a little harder...

 BEFORE...

 AFTER

 BEFORE...

You can paint this way,

any size,

on any substrate.

Now on to Christmas decorations

xo

THANKSGIVING in two more days...

 Feeling

especially

 fortunate

to 

have a home

 A

loving 

family

 We live in California

and have so many friends 

and people 

we know that have lost 

their

homes

in the latest

fires.

 Many of us are helping

as much as possible...

 You and I

know

it can't ever

be 

enough

 And now the

holidays

are upon us...

 homes

family

gathering

loving

nurturing...

 WE 

pray

every day

for all those

that have lost so much.

And that it

will be sooner

than everyone

 thinks,

 for

all of them to be 

HOME.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

TO EVERYONE!

Even if you don't celebrate

this day,

or eat turkey.

Have some beautiful moments 

with yourself and if you can...

your family.

"DREAM SHE SAID, to everybody"...

 Someone gave her a new skirt...

 And she finally

earned her wings!

She now

awaits 

her 

ankle 

bracelet...

Materials:

Barrel Stave substrate

dyed fabric

copper (sealed) legs and wings

acrylic and deli paper bodice

collaged face

And this is Monday in a November

FIRST SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER...

 From my box

of 

words...

 Drying in our window...

 How I love

LAYERING.

And then

LAYERING

some more.

Until it all gets 

JUST RIGHT.

With:

burlap, cheese cloth, dyed fabrics and

VUNDERFUL

acrylics and textures.

This quote I love!

It is so profound

and

meaningful for we women.

HAPPY WEEKENDER EVERYONE

TOMORROW IS HALLOWEEN...

 Like this backdrop?

hahaha

I sure don't...

 Drying under a window

in the sunshine...

There is a lot of texture,

I say!

Painted deli paper (from left over paints)

Dyed cloth leaves

Cheese cloth

Painted papers (when using my left over paints)

Various fabrics and papers

Acrylic paint

This is a little taste

of 

Autumn

on the 

ole'

homestead.

It has been warm and long

with sunshine,

till today, when it turned a little bit cold!