I am learning once more that painting in general...every stroke matters. When I first started, I read Nancy Hillis blog. She said that for an exercise make six strokes on a piece of paper. She said nobody will do what you do, that alone makes it different. I reminded myself of that today when I …
Be An Encouragement To Someone Today
I write this post because of something that happened to me. I am on Instagram, and do not have hardly any engagement on there with my art. I don't spend much time there because even when I follow all the dumb rules of marketing, I still don't get my work known. I use the account …
The Great Expression
I have been watching two documentaries in recent days, and both of them spoke to me deeply. The first one was about Van Gogh, and it was very sad. It opened up thoughts in me I wish I did not have, but always have had through the years. Van Gogh had some type of mental …
Sacrifice for Art
When I first started painting in early 2019, I used to dip my fingers into paint directly, and did not wear a mask. This year, I realized my gut disorders have reached a new level, and I have to wear a mask when I paint, and wear gloves otherwise I have an autoimmune attack and …
Painting: Breath of Life
I painted this on a weekend. The sun was shining bright, and I opened the windows in late fall, and listened to my Indie song folder and let go. I started in the middle painting orange, and moved across and down. I wanted an abundance of colors and a strong flow of positivity. I call …
Painting: Seeing Clearly
15x20 acrylic on flat canvas I did a cloud and blue backdrop, then found it was not enough for me, so I started adding depth with black and yellow, and it has almost an arial view-like essence of a sky so I call it Seeing Clearly because even though the lines represent a block, it …
Painting: Blurring the Lines
16x20 flat canvas, acrylic My shot at Geometrics, turned into "messy" geometrics and I can not be more proud. I did this in mid 2019, and was so thrilled and learned a lot. I started off with sketch lines, I ended up leaving on the canvas, and then tried using other shapes, then realized that …
Painting: Everywhere
I painted this summer of 2019. I had been listening to Susie Suh's song: Everywhere. The backdrop on the video, was a photo of a blurred bunch of trees. I could not mimic that because I don't do landscapes so it ended up being something else with movement, the yellow adds dimension and light, great …
Painting: Ribbons
16x20 flat canvas, acrylic Painted a lot in the Spring of 2019, as Summer came close, I painted this one, wanting something bright, cheerful. I started off with green and yellow backdrop on either side, and then let colors come to mind and used a scraper to make interesting lines and spary dripped a few …
Painting: Speak
Speak is dramatic. I called it one of my extreme paintings. Done in Spring of 2019, it was more sharper and different. I let it sit for weeks, looked at it, then went back and added more to it. The many layers give the eyes something to do and look at, and it is loaded …
