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...
Reflection
We had a beautiful sunshine filled day and I took advantage of the great weather by going for a walk.
Our dog Rupert really enjoyed himself as he sniffed every plant on the block, and I noticed everyone we encountered on our walk seemed to have a little spring in their step, including us.
I spent most of the afternoon working on the painting below, and wanted to share it with you. It’s almost ready to be posted on the gallery site, I just need to tweak it a little more .
Reflection (C) 2008 – Digital Painting
“Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away”. – Barbara De Angelis
Crazy Day
This morning I went into my art room, flipped the light switch on and began preparing to work, and within five minutes the power went out. Our power was out for a good hour or so.
As we were hurrying around unplugging the computer, and television, I must have strained a back muscle. When the power came back on I started working on one of my paintings and ignored that nagging little ache in my lower back, until I couldn’t ignore it any more.
Now here I am sitting at my computer all propped up with a heating pad. At least I can work on posting my paintings on my new Art Gallery site, and catch up on the news.
Today, I ended up making digital collage paper for a family project. I began by painting the background, and using a photograph I took to create the image below, later I will add text, family photos, etc…
Digital Collage Paper
“Trust in yourself and everything will fall into place”. – Vedic Scriptures
In The Creative Zone
Making collages relaxes me and is always a foolproof way to put me in the creative zone.
Today, I had so much fun playing with acrylic paints, stamps, old books and magazines that it was hard for me to stop long enough to write this blog entry.
Moments In Time (C) 2008
“Why would anyone want to wake up in the morning and do the same thing when you can try something new everyday”. – Maxine Masterfield
Ashes and Snow/ The nomadic Museum (Mexico)
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Angel In The Garden
While going through some of my old digital painting files this morning, I came across this angel painting I made for a slate sign that hangs by our garden gate.
It was one of those creative moments where I did a quick draft, printed and glued it to the sign, thinking I would someday go back and finish this painting, of course I moved on and forgot about it.
Angel In The Garden Rose Arizmendi 2004
Our Garden Angel
Creative Jewelry Day
It has been raining cats and dogs all day long here in Northern California, and just recently we were alerted of possible flooding in our area.
Not a good day to be out and about, so I pulled out my jewelry supplies and created a necklace. For me rainy days are perfect for creative activities such as bead stringing, wire wrapping, etc…
Brigid “Celtic Goddess of Healing”.
Ceramic Goddess figure, Moss Agate, Red Jasper, Sterling Silver Findings.