Birthday

Today, Pop would've been 83

I'm miss you Pop.

Marcus McAllister-Being an artist is Paris

....the common thread is the journal

I'm so inspired

Marcus McAllister-The Dreamed Journal

In just 10 minutes you 

will be inspired to keep a journal.  

Marcus' art is wonderful, 

wait till you see his journals.

Oh my.....

I have no idea why the videos are being cut off at the right edge...any thoughts?

Pieces of Harry

This is an extraordinary video.....

His comments seem to describe

my struggles

when making art 

to a T or is it tee?

Pear #23

Acrylic, sumi on 5x7 canvas board


 been doing lots of thinkin',
 wrestling with emotions,
shoulda, coulda, wouldas,
slugging through panic attacks,
learning how to breathe,
trying to get unstuck,
listing pros and cons,
fighting negatives with positives,
seeing small victories,
bandaging skinned knees,
picking myself up,
twirling through the storms,
finding rainbows,
taking naps,
reading poetry,
writing a little,
drinking iced tea,
listening to cicadas
watching pampas grass in breeze,
expressing in art,
conquering defeat with gesso,
trying again......



How about you?

Grief and art

I've had an emotional week

there were several times 

that I felt overwhelming sadness

missing my Dad.

I was out of sorts all week.

 Grief, I know, is a process

there will be days of sadness

and days of a full heart,

grateful that he was my Dad.

I have to feel the feelings

let the tears fall.....

~~~~~

This isn't yet finished

thought I would share it in progress.

This several layers of cardboard.

The surface treatment is an experiment.

I painted the entire surface black

after it had dried thoroughly

I painted the entire surface again

with Elmer's School Glue

then immediately painted over the glue

with acrylic craft paint.

(don't over work it, 

brush on the glue

  going over the surface just once)

Let it dry,

and it cracks.

How cool is that?

It needs a bit more work,

that's for another day.

Have a nice weekend!

Pear #22

Mixed media on 5x7 canvas board

Super easy background.  

Have you ever tried

those patina kits?

This is the iron kit.

You paint the surface you want to patina

in this case with the iron paint.

After it has dried

apply step two

the rusting solution

That's it.

Next I drew in a horizon line

and added asphaltum glaze (Golden)

The paper for the pear was made

by gluing all sorts of odds n ends

onto paper using gel medium

......a seal, alphabet pasta, metal bits

window screen

Then apply gold leaf sizing--I used Wondasize.

Let dry till it's tacky.

Lay a aluminum leaf over the sizing.

Glaze with asphaltum.

Every day I stare off into this pond.

Some days deer are at waters edge.

Most days I see this fellow...

A Great Blue Heron

He wades along the shore

catching fish

Or stand stoicly

for hours.

The pond has gotten deeper

as we have gotten a lot of rain lately

and a beaver has moved in upstream

When the workday is hectic

I take a little break

and get lost in the pond.

Thanks for stopping by!