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I really love that I can make art when I'm not in my studio.

Primavera-IA Challange

Spring-to me the idea of Spring is newness, budding flowers, and color! Color every where after months of neutrals. And as everyone who knows me I love color.
This began as a free flow painting, but when I was not getting a feel for it I turned it to the side and found a budding flower. It's an 8x8 acrylic on canvas and will be going up for sale on my website and will have prints offered.
I hope you enjoy it and look for other IA entries for Primavera.

Feedback needed

I just finished this painting and would really love some opinions and feedback on it. 1-is it too simple? Too bright, too dark? Did I mess it up adding the interference paint in the trees? (I wanted to give it a feel of a breeze blowing and just a hint of magic.) Do I need to add something? As everyone knows I hate too much detail and love color. I also love sparklies and It's killing me not to add small rhinestones as stars. Should I try to sell it as is or should I add the stones? I feel like I'm not voicing my own vision not to add the stones, but I would really love to sell this as a print too. It's called Early Autumn Night. Help!

A Summer Abstract-Comments Welcomed

I finished this new abstract today and would like some feedback. Are the colors strong enough? Should I add anything? Should I not have put in the words. I did refrain from adding bling to it (and you have no idea how hard that was to me). I wanted to keep it light and airy and warm, like a summer day. I doing a lot of Summer paintings. I'll more as they get done. The pic sucks I know because of the overcast day. I'll do a better pic as soon as sun decides to shine.

Ok, the top image is unaltered and was taken outside in the sunlight. The bottom is enhanced and was taken inside. Which do you think is the best? Please let me know.

Finds

Well, decided to take a break from jewelry making and go through some old work stacked up in Cory's room and found these old oil paintings of mine from college (yes, I did go. Didn't learn much.) We were suppose to do two paintings inspired by our favorite artists. This was back in the mid-nineties. Or maybe early nineties. Can't really remember.

Anyway, these were inspired by Georgia O'Keefe (duh, best female artist ever) and Pierre Bonnard (I love his paintings).

Just wanted to share them with you.

A New Painting

Just something I have been working on. It's a 30x40 mixed media abstract. I began it with a poem by my nephew written on the canvas and a letter I found, as well with tissue paper, paint, pen, gesso pen, stamps, sticker, and my favorite, interferance paint.

New Abstracts

These are destined for the 4x4 show coming up in March. It's a charity event, but it also is good for publicity.

Inspiration Avenue Weekly Challenge-Metamorphosis

What am I becoming? A rose in bloom? A bird in flight? A star shining bright? A fire burning my soul, my spirit, my life.

This is what I came up with for Inspiration Avenue's challenge this week for Metamorphosis.

I have been seeing changes in my own life lately and have been wondering where they are taking me.

I chose four of favorite themes for this-fire, roses, birds, and stars.

Inspiration Avenue Theme-Words

This is my post for this weeks theme-Words-at Inspiration Avenue. I chose the words imagine because I have been imagining alot lately. The bird represents my spirit taking flight into a new future. I hope.

Inspiration Avenue-Water

This is my post for this week's challange at Inspiration Avenue. The theme this week is water. This painting is just an impression of the sea.

Repurposing An Old Painting

So, has anyone had a failed painting, but didn't want to ditch a perfectly good canvas (especially a large expensive canvas)? I did and decided to redo this one, so I started out riping some of the elements off of it, then gessoed over it. After it dried there were more elements I could ripe off but that added an interesting look to the canvas. Next will come my trusty Sharpie marker for the writing elements. Then a wash of yellow orange (why? Because that is what I like). That is as far as I got so far. Tune in later.

Art Magnets

I made these 2x2 mini original abstracts on magnets for an art festival. They wanted us to show works that were easy to carry. I thought magnets with an original work of art on it would be different. I really found working on an 2x2 surface a challange. I have never worked this small! Whew!

Trying to get a really good picture was the pits. I so need a better camera or a scanner.

A Few Artworks

Here is a few things I have been working on-

I have found working on these 4x4 canvases a challange. I just fell in love with these 3 D butterflies and flowers I found at the local Michaels. I knew I would find a use for them.

Colorful Abstract BSE

This a new abstract I finished this week. I also included some close ups so you can see the textures of the piece

New Art on Etsy

So, I just put some new paintings on Etsy. I hope I sell at least one. The money would go to help my poor cat. He needs a vet bad and I don't have any money until Wednesday. I hope he last that long.

Fairy Tale Heart

In an attempt to appease the dragon inflicting the good ladies of IA, I have gone on a quest. After many a long nights in the dark fortresses of wizards, after much meditation with the monks in Shangri-La, after swimming to the depths of the oceans to consult with the elders of the Merfolk, and many more harrowing treks I have found this-


The Heart of Peace. May the dragon find it’s magic helpful in finding his own peace.

The Heart is a pin. Not sure where we can pin it on him, but maybe he can put it with the rest of his hoard.

The pin is a wooden heart with gold paint, lilac paint, white paint, interferance purple, silver ink, and bling. it measures 2" across and is very light weight.

Forbidden Fruit

This is my posting for Inspiration Avenue's challenge of the week for the theme Fruit.

The Maiden

I'm sure I should stick with non-objective abstracts.

I based her on the Maiden, first of the three goddesses in the wiccan faith. Anyway I have it on ebay. Crossed-fingers. I could use some extra cash right now.

Inspiration Avenue-Pure

When I read what the weekly theme was from Inspiration Avenue this old gospel song On the Wings of a Pure White Dove ran through my head. I knew I just had to do a work for it.

I hope that this means my time creative blockage is over. For the past few months, actually since my mother died, I have been living in a void. Unable to paint or write. I so badly want to be able to create again. Maybe this is a new beginning.

BTW-the top and bottom is also painted and decorated.

A Mixed Media Painting

I tried to get rid of the glare, but everywhere I moved it was still there. It is a very simple mixed media, but I like it. As a bonus, when I added the bit of note at the bottom I happened to look at the date on it-December 26th, my birthday. Cool, uh?