It's a FRIDAY...

oops...I had to come back and edit this.

I am going to leave it this way for now.

THIS

is not the elephant I'm giving our daughter!

You may laugh, I am...

I kept looking at this thinking the color is off. What the heck and bingo. This is a second rendition of the first elephant.

I don't have a photo of the first and by husband has my camera in another country! darn!

so later I will post the real one.

YEAH...the joke is on me ;)

 

 

YEP!

Its that time of year,

OUTSIDE TIME!

Fresh air,

balmy winds,

the promise of a long hot summer...

 

so...

THIS IS IT

for now.

I matted and framed it for our daughter Erin to surprise her after she oohed and ahhed over it.

 

I am also getting ready for the art walk.

GOOD and BUSY times.

 

WONDERFUL TIMES!

happy weekends ALL

;)

INTRIGUING THURSDAY...

 I have been getting prepared for this summers art walk in a nearby town.

I started earlier this year and realized why I get so manic when the date nears (it takes me longer to figure things out than most humans)

And

this is the time when I want to just lay that paper and paint down and do nothing else.

So...I'm still a crazed person till June 3.

 

My husband Richard just smiles and shakes his head, lucky me ;)

 

16" x 20" x 1" gallery wrapped

 

 

 Richard and I read this old journal from cover to cover.

it was a year of a man's life that was helping engineer

railroads.

it was so intriguing and fun and that husband of mine explained just what they were talking about when I didn't understand.

I have already used some of these pages in my paintings...

ack!!! I know, but well...there it is.

 

 

 

this is a section of a large painting.

I just can't get a good photo of it.

you KNOW how that yellow can act!!!

 

the "smile" is from a full stamp I made and love so much.

again I have to hold myself back from putting it into all my paintings.

 

 Happy Thursday

FRIDAY'S POSSIBILITIES...

"she was all grown up and she still wished to join the

CIRCUS"

 

HAPPY FRIDAY

 

;)

ABSTRACT TUESDAY...

 Here

is where i've been!

Immersed

in paint, dots, stripes, circles and other designs.

 

 

 

 

 Another

LABOR OF LOVE!

 

i start out thinking (or not thinking)

what a different task/delight

a large painting involves.

 

 

 

 i have decided now on this journey...

that i enjoy both small and large works.

it's good to come to this place in my

artwork.

EVERY

PAINTING

teaches me much,

small or LARGE.

and the HIGH it leaves is most rewarding!

BUT

that goes on during the entire stint.

UP and DOWN...

 

The words in the MIDDLISH...

"We are mosaics,

pieces of

LIGHT

LOVE

STARS

Glued together with

MAGIC ~ MUSIC ~ & WORDS"

 

i could not find the person who said this, but it is a quote and it isn't mine ;)

 

24" x 36" x 2"

gallery wrapped canvas

 

i am making a new body of work for the Artwalk

in June.

 

TOTALLY TUESDAY !!!

HAPPY FRIDAY'S LIFE LESSONS...

 as I was forced to put on the brakes yesterday...

I decided to dive into my art journal...

yeah!

no surprise eh?

 

 

 

 

she

found

her

words...

AHEM...

so did

I

 

TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF

XOXO

TERRIFIC TUESDAY...

 I found

the words

for this one

TODAY!

 

 

 

WE

arent'

always

ready

for

CHANGE.

Nevertheless

it is sure to

SHOW UP.

 

XO

SATURDAY ART JOURNALING....

FEELINGS

for

this

day

in

SPRING!!!

TUESDAY IN APRIL 2016...

 HAPPY

COLORS

FINISHED!

12" x 12" x 2"

 

 

 

 

 It's title...

 

"CAN YOU HEAR THE MUSIC?"

 

 

 

 

 SHARING:

one of my favorite markings

are these that look similar to a sewing stitch...

using,

a sewing wheel (old fashioned roller thingy used over carbon paper for patterns)

i like it so much that i want to over use it ;)...but am able to hold back most of the time ;)

 

 

 

 

and

i

have

continued to practice

birds...

many different kinds,

to be continued!

 

 

HAPPY REST OF THE WEEK EVERYONE

XOXO

GROWTH and life's TREASURES...

 I've been patiently

and not so patiently

working off and on.

taking it slow,

not rushing one bit.

 

 

 

 

 on these same 3 large pieces, still.

they change every day!

sometimes to the extreme.

and then I realize over and over

what other artists and teachers mean by

DON'T GET ATTACHED while layering.

I have covered EVERYTHING that I thought I would keep,

and it is all turning out so marvelous,

and SURPRISING.

GROWTH!!!

LESSONS, HUMOR, DEEPNESS.

That's just what it's all about and I am loving it so.

 art is so very

parallel

and

integrated

within our lives,

especially when we like it this way.

ENHANCEMENT

ENRICHMENT

again...

GROWTH ;)

Our nearest nesters this spring.

they are so darling.

this is a pair of finches.

they both sit on the eggs,

they both stand guard.

and this one captured on our outdoor camera...

the male is feeding the female, ahh ;)

 

HAPPY WEEKEND

XOXO

HAPPY SPRING COLORS...

All of these shots

 

 

 

 are just one small portion

 

 

 

of each painting.
running between each, while one or the other were drying ;)

 

 

1 large canvas

1 medium canvas

and

smallest 12" x 12" x 2" wrapped canvas

 

i just ran out of steam after painting and inking

all morning long...

HOPING

to find a second wind!

BUT,

it is GORGEOUS outside and the birds and sunshine are calling me.

MAYBE

i'll be back tomorrow.

 

xoxo

APRIL FOOLS DAY...

 i was working on a little collage last night...

and then i closed my eyes and added the black

with a rigger brush.

when i opened my eyes i saw this little critter

taking shape on the left, adding an eye and a

piece of collage paper on it's face.

this morning i woke up and saw the second

loving face and shall add a little pair of ears

tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

SERENDIPITY

ON

APRIL FOOLS DAY!

 

HAPPY WEEKEND ALL!

EXPERIMENTS...

 LITTLE

DRIPPY

PAINTING...

Using my acrylics like watercolors

in my journal ;)

 

 

 

 

LITTLE

EXPERIMENT

IN

MY JOURNAL...

practicing different kinds

of little

BIRDS ;)

 

and now folks

this really is the last

day in March

for 2016

MEMORY FOR THE LAST DAY IN MARCH 2016...

 2

new

friends

showed up

in my

art journal

 they were

very

fun

to

CREATE!

 and feeling so healthy again

;)

EASTER SUNDAY...

We caught some kind of nasty bug

here.

and have been hibernating for days.

It will soon be gone ;)

in the meantime I

painted in my art journal

yesterday when I felt

like I might live!

 and

this

is what

came

from me...

 

 

 

 

 

it seems like mother earth knows just how to show off during

the

EASTER SEASON!

FRIDAY BLUES...

simply played in my journals,

TODAY

 

XOXO

WANDERING WEDNESDAY from project to project...

 I finished

making

my own

business cards

for the next art walk.

I can't stand repetition ;)

 

 

 

 

also worked on a few journal pages...

this is a portion of one ;)

TUESDAYS TICKLES...

 taking you along,

just for now...

in my storytelling class.

but first;

some business cards I made

today from those

closet door paintings.

I'd like to give out these

custom ones the night of the

ART WALK ;)

I am going to make a lot more!

 

 

 

 

 these are some of my words I cut out to start

a first painting.

I realized today just how much of a storyteller I already am,

never thinking of it this way.

 

 

 

 

 this is a blob of black paint that I accidently dropped about 3 cards in while performing this card making task, so I left them out to dry and am going to use them...

JUST THIS WAY ;)

 

 

 

 

STORY TELLING

WORDS

THOUGHTS

I already have cups and boxes of them all over the joint, but today was a different exercise for inventing thoughts and story lines...

ergo...

I might just be dreaming of flying letters tonight!

 



THUNDER AND LIGHTENING on SATURDAY IN MARCH...

i am starting a new on line class Monday.

This is a book i made for this class.

i may add to it,

scribble on it,

load it down with more

paint and paper

as the class progresses.

or

it

may

remain

just

the

way

it is here ;)

 

The class is

"The Storyteller ~ Two"

with Robin Laws

 

in case you'd like to look it up.

FRIDAY'S PROGRESSION...

 this is just a portion

of a larger painting that

has

changed direction

in

more ways

than i can

count...

 

 

and i can't get the perfect colors to show up in a photo...

except this is the closest to me.

 

i had 2 successful cataract surgeries

and i can see SO much better now...

 

only having a bit of trouble focusing...

BUT...

i have not stopped painting...

i

CAN'T!



TINKERING TUESDAY...

 On a closet door hangs LARGE sheets of plain white paper.

 

 

 

 

 

 Each time I paint or make anything...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 i have left over paint and materials...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 this makes for a huge allotment

of...

 

 

 

 

large and small

pieces or sections

cut out

cut up

into

new pieces of

MIXED MEDIA ART ;)

 

i hope your Tuesday has been fruitful!