A Horse of a Different Color
Previously, my work has largely been in shades of blues and purples. Not exclusively, by any means, but significantly. This piece is in a color I have rarely used on it’s own: White.
This is my newest piece. The photo isn’t the best. That is something I’m going to work on in the new year: good photographs of my paintings. Anyway, this piece came from a rediscovered song. It danced in my head for several days before it became this. Overall, I’m rather pleased.
Acrylic on Canvas with Bottle Caps. 24″X36″
Project update
Haven’t posted in a while. Several projects where in the works. Finished a new painting tonight. Will varnish it tomorrow & hopefully get a decent photo to post. The others are still top secret, but I’m proud of my work.
They’re Playing Our Song
I’ve always been a huge fan of music. A song will get under my skin and I can’t stop listening to it over and over again. I can’t stop singing it as I’m doing other tasks. Occasionally, I’ll find myself so into a song that I just have to paint it.
I posted last month about a song by Gotye called “Somebody That I Used to Know.” I’ve finally completed the painting that it inspired.
Shadows of Somebody I Used to Know
24″X24″ Acrylic on Canvas with Adhesive.
Thanks Goyte for the inspiration.
A Bit of Hope
Love Takes Flight
This isn’t a great photo. I need to look into some decent lights and remember to use my tripod, but it is a new piece. In any case, it is a new painting. It’s small, only 10″x10″, but it just a bit of hope to hang on my bedroom wall. I don’t think this one will be for sale. I think I need to hang onto it for a while. (Acrylic on canvas with Scrabble pieces, lace, card stock, & a key).
Happy Valentine’s Day. I hope that you all have a little bit more love in your life today.
A Little Show
Three of my paintings will be available for viewing and sale tomorrow, Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Multnomah Monthly Meeting Holiday Fair in Portland. The Art & Craft Fair will be from Noon to 3pm. There will be lots of local Portland artists and crafters from within the Meeting.
The three paintings available are
Portland Nights
The Means Reds
Darning A Life
Starlight Rain
Portland Nights
I have always loved the rain. The sound in makes on the roof or in the trees. The way it cools everything.
In Oklahoma, it either rains, or it doesn’t, but here in Portland it is totally different. It can be raining and not raining at the exact same time.
This piece is 24″X36″ Acrylic on Canvas with Bottle Caps
Taking Flight
Jump
This piece was inspired by two pieces of writing. The first is a quote by Ray Bradbury who said, ” Jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.” The other is a well known poem by Emily Dickinson.
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune–without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I’ve heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
It was a challenge to build the wings, but I’m really proud of them. The wings are made of wire with paper feathers which were dye cut from old maps and teal card stock.
Wings in Progress
I’m building a set of wings. I feel a little like Daedalus and Icarus. Hopefully I won’t try to fly to close to the sun.
Wings In Progress
First Finished
Fear: Tied In Knots
Finished my first painting that I started here in Portland. It is called Fear: Tied in Knots.
This whole experience has been harder than I thought it would be. I never thought it would take me this long to find work or that it would take nearly a month to find an apartment.
Portland is an amazing town. People want to create here. Creating is actually considered a useful occupation here. I guess it is just a sign of the times that even in places where creativity is encouraged, times are hard.
12″X12″ Acrylic on canvas with nail varnish, yarn, & found objects
Mixed Media
Mixed Media. The standard definition is “a technique involving the use of two or more artistic media, such as ink and pastel or painting and collage, that are combined in a single composition.” For me, I enjoy adding enamel wall paint and nail polish to the standard acrylics. I like to think that that as well as all of the bits and bobs that I love make my work three dimensional, full of texture and shine. At least that is my hope.
Where the Buttons Are
I’ve fallen in love with a wonderful little store on Alberta in Portland named Collage. Full of paint and paper, bowls of buttons and bingo chips, I’m in love with this store. This store has all the bits and bobs that make just make me happy. It’s what I’d want the inside of my brain to look like if you added a movie screen and a musical number. If you ever come to Portland to visit me. Make sure that we go to this store. Wait, never mind I’ll make sure we go.
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