In playing around on YouTube I found this wonderful piece on Picasso. Since he is one of my favorites I thought you might like this video.
Picasso was an interesting man, complex, mysterious and a gift to everyone. I hope you enjoy this five minutes as much as I did.
At times I think ” The Art Sherpa” is silly, and then I realize silly is a way of having fun, not taking ourselves too seriously, and learn in the process. All in all I like the flowers and stems and the way they turned out. At times I wondered why I was spending so much time listening to something so frivolous! This is a way of relaxing,, and having fun. Sometimes wasting time being silly has huge benefits for those of us that take things too seriously.
I hope you get something out of this, maybe it just triggers a thought or technique you had forgotten. Have fun with it…
Today being the 1st of March, I thought something totally different, at least for me, would be in order. When I was a kid my mother would make little cards out of paper stock and wax paper. She would cut the wax paper to the small size of the card stock, and press on top of the wax with dried pressed flowers in between. They would be tied with a small bow after using a whole punch in two places, and they were so sweet. All her friends loved them, and I loved them also.
This is a little different but it reminded me of mother using wax paper to create her cards. Probably because of the iron. Since this is so different from anything I have been doing, and I liked the art he created more as a start than anything else, I thought you may like to see this method of encaustic.
Even if you don’t want to try it, there is a good chance it will trigger something in your creative memory to inspire you to go further. I’d love to see it, and I’m sure if you could post it on Facebook we would all be able to see it. Don’t forget to mention my name so it actually gets to us all. Karen Samenow!
Thank you all for watching, and keep creating……
Abstract Mixed Media
A Little of This and…A little of that!
This little 12″ X 12″ canvas is the result of experimenting with wild abandon. For me….It’s a miracle! Some little thing in my brain stretched, and twisted, and turned until I was pulling all kinds of things from the dark corners of my studio, and this was the result. My “PLAN,” would be to continually be creative in this direction. That’s my plan, but we all know, sometimes the best plans don’t always turn out the way we had planned.
I had so much fun with this one that it’s presently sitting in the Escondido Municipal Gallery for a show. If my muse sticks around and I treat her with lots of goodies, maybe I can pull more off, enough to continue growing and creating in a non-objective abstract way! One can only hope right?
My inspiration frequently comes from many directions. I see colors I love together in fabric stores, or I watch a video and they are using something new I haven’t experimented with yet. I get much inspiration from Zebra Design & Destinations. Z lives in Equator, and not just paints, but creates on many levels. I’m in awe of how she lives and creates. Cathy Carey has been a huge influence with style and color. Bob Burridge for his fun and loose abstracts, and still I struggle. If you look long enough, you can find artists that really touch something in your heart, and can learn from. Regardless of what their medium, or style, I find there is always something to be learned.
I hope you like my mixed media abstract, with any luck at all…and the creeks don’t rise, I can do more, show you more, and trigger something in you that says, “Wow, I should try that or maybe I could use this combination, or turn it a different way.” Maybe there will be something you see, and it triggers something you had forgotten and wanted to try.
It’s all good….It’s all ART!
Old as Dirt and Proud of it! 
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