1. The Awakening
The awakening painting was created by first making a pencil sketch on paper then scanning it into the computer. I used Corel Painter 7 & IX to paint the image. Mostly I used the soft charcoal variant of charcoal & the artist...
2. Moon Goddess
I’ve had a love affair with the moon ever since I was child, and my favorite past time was going outside after sunset to swing on my swing set, until the moon came out. I would sing to the moon and mom would play the guitar, it was...
3. Nimue
The Lady of the lake from the Arthurian legend has always fascinated me, and the moment I laid eyes on a photograph sent to me of my niece Tessa, I knew I had found my inspiration for the painting of Nimue. It was a photo of Tessa,...
4. Daybreak
Aurora is the Roman Goddess of the Dawn. Her name means ” daybreak, the dawn, or sunrise. Ovid describes her as the one who brings the light of day as she rides in her chariot across the skies ahead of the sun. I envisioned her with...
5. Mask Of Gaia
Gaia the primordial Greek goddess believed to be The Mother Goddess or Great Goddess. She is also said to personify the earth, the Greek version of “Mother Nature”. The inspiration for this painting came from a dream I had...
A Beautiful Day
It was a warm and sunny day and as I was working on a painting, the birds were practicing their spring love songs right outside my studio window. What a beautiful day!
Flowers in the neighbors yard
Luther Burbank Gardens
Ancient Roots
It is never too late to be what you might have been. – George Eliot a.k.a. Mary Ann (Marian) Evans
C’est La Vie
This morning my art table was covered with paint, paper, gel medium and gesso, so I cleaned it up a bit before concentrating on the new piece I wanted to work on today.
I continued working this afternoon in the studio until around dinner time. Having finished some areas that needed more work, I decided it was time to quit for the day, and began cleaning up my work area.
There is something so wonderful about getting your fingers all sticky with acrylic paint and gel medium, except when you notice you have managed to get some of it on the sleeve of your favorite sweater.
Oh well, C’est la vie. The most important thing is I did what needed to be done and had fun doing it.
Sunny Afternoon
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. -Unknown
Wild Stormy Day
My husband and I are enjoying our weekend even though the weather has been wet and wild.
This afternoon we watched this amazing video on You Tube showing the beautiful art work of a 13 year old child prodigy named Akiane. A truly inspirational story.
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
— Unknown.
Busy Week
Thank goodness it’s Friday, this week has been very busy and we are looking forward to a nice quiet and relaxing weekend, a good movie , a big bowl of popcorn and my hubby beside me, sounds like a great recipe for a perfect stormy Saturday afternoon.
Today I cleaned up the studio and set out some watercolor paper, paint and brushes so we can have a creative play date at home. My husband and I enjoy artistic endeavors so we are going to have a great time.
A Perfect Rainy Day
It was a perfect rainy day for painting, drinking chai tea and dreaming up new projects.
I got a lot of work done today and afterwards my painting area was a mess. Below is a photo of the aftermath.
The weatherman says we have a whopper of a storm headed our way this weekend bringing several inches of rain and possibly hurricane force winds, so we are battening down the hatches in preparation for this storm.
They are also expecting power outages so if I don’t post this weekend you will know what happened.
“The wind began to moan in hollow murmurs, as the sun went down carrying glad day elsewhere; and a train of dull clouds coming up against it, menaced thunder and lightning. Large drops of rain soon began to fall, and, as the storm clouds came sailing onward, others supplied the void they left behind and spread over all the sky. Then was heard the low rumbling of distant thunder, then the lightning quivered, and then the darkness of an hour seemed to have gathered in an instant”.
-Charles Dickens The Old Curiosity Shop