Over the years I have transferred many photos, one that comes to mind is a photo of my sister and myself when we were little….yes we were once little! It turned out pretty well, but as many as I’ve done, it’s always been a pain to do. There are many different ways to achieve this, and this is just one of them. Enjoy!
After years of purchasing just the right art supplies to achieve just the perfect results, I now have a studio stuffed with supplies that I love using!
But…..
Who knew all I had to do was use what I was born with? My fingers and hands, maybe even my feet...who knew?
As I started to watch this video my thought was, “this isn’t going anywhere.” But, since I had started it, I always think you never know what might be learned by watching. It wasn’t very long and the blending of colors seemed interesting. Then suddenly it started to take shape and I found it even more interesting. Remembering back several years while taking a Bob Burridge week-long workshop in Sedona, Arizona. We were finger painting, and suddenly I felt like a three-year old, totally in the moment. The class was intense, and fun, and exhausting, but well worth the effort, experience and money!
It didn’t take me long to realize being in the moment was actually where I needed to be. Especially since I constantly fight to loosen up. This felt real and fun, and doable!
I loved it!
Running into this artist, Dena, who was finger painting was a perfect way to distance myself from the tendency to slip into reality. I hope you get some inspiration out of it as I have.
Thank you for following me, and commenting on videos and my work. I realize I’m not getting things out there like in the past, however I am working at it. As you all know, there are times when life gets in the way. Enjoy….
Driftwood Spirit Dolls
While I’ve been recuperating from surgery, I’ve been creating Spirit Dolls. My son gave me three beautiful pieces of smooth driftwood, and all I could see were faces in them……so that’s what I did!
I put faces on them and created spirits with moss, and shells, metal hearts and anything else that felt right. Later I will show them as I finish them. It’s a little slow right now, but I work on them a couple of times a week, and then I need a breather. With all the other things I “have” to do to recuperate, I don’t have a lot of energy to spend in my studio. It’s always on my mind, and in my heart, and I want to show them to you, it will just take a little longer than I’d like.
If you need any extra creativity ideas there are so many things to just run into on YouTube, and sometimes I’ll take my computer into bed while relaxing and just scan all the how to videos. It’s a terrible time sucker, but it’s impossible to be upright all day!
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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