Friday, April 18, 2008

dolls,tattoos,spay can art and photography!!!1


Well its another busy week gone and a new and very busy week looming ahead.

I have a couple of tattoos to do which always takes up a lot of time,also I am doing some pray can art,thought I would have plat around as I haven't done it in ages some I'm looking forward to that.

I am making some nice quirky little dolls at the moment which I'm really enjoying,I have about 20 in progress,they are favey of mine to chill out on,love mine dollies.

Also I'm doing some food photography for a friends menu list this week coming,I do so very much enjoy photographing food and making it look inviting.

Its been a week of crazy moments and busy hands, my upstairs studio is now more organized and soon the big studio will get a make over as well,it is always a mess after and exhibition,I must learn to be neater and more disciplined but I'm always so pooped after an exhibit,so much so that I don't go near the big studio for at least a week,oh well its time to get of my rear end and get organized as I have much I wish to do.

Mmmm it would seem that as I get older that organization is a key thing in my life,time is much to short to waste,so in order to fit more into my days and nights I need to get things straight and running more effectively,this allows me to be more creative and active in my art works.

Ok well its now 2.30 am and I want to be up early to do many things so good night and farewell.

Anthony Robbins: Faith Quotations

If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

inspired and free to create


Well thats the exhibiting done for a while,I have a few art comps in the next 8 weeks but other than that I and now free to to create all those wonderful little things that have been niggling their way to the front of my creative urgings.

I want to do some ecaustic work,collage and photo manips with oils and oils sticks,lots of fun stuff that doesn't eat away at the space in my studio,my last lot of work was so big it ended up taking half of the studio,so glad to have sold some of it off.

I'm so looking forward to those lovely days of creating the soft fuzzy images that are in my mind,I see riots of different colour but hey don't I always,layers and layers keep coming to mind,miniatures and largies,even some dolls,I have about 15 of them in the first stages just waiting to be birthed into their final personalities.

I see photos of my town and its people waiting to come to new life with bright bold colours,I see books being bound,sewn and illustrated,I see shrines coming to life and glass being fused painted and become pendants,

I cant wait to begin my creative journey away from the easel for a while,I need a rest from it and from huge canvases,I need to work on paper,I aways come back to paper,ink,watercolour, pencils and chalks,I just adore paper!

Elbert Hubbard: Commitment Quotations

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

A memory and a thought.

Today was a hot humid day,only the cool sea breeze brought any relief from the heat,I was glad to be inside that tall cool old building that once held the real life drama's of power and law.

The old court house long retired from its ghastly punishments and torments now provides a haven for artists and environmentalists,now the echoing rooms hold laughter,creativity,good intentions and gentle spirits.

I marveled at how my paintings came to life as they hung snugly against the old concrete walls,it fascinated me to see them look so warm and vibrant in the filtered light that streamed in through the tall arched windows,it gave them a new life,a warmth that I hadn't noticed before.

As the people filed in and out during the day I wondered what it had been like one hundred and twenty years ago when men and women were brought there to meet justice,were there the judgmental crowds gathered around to relish the comeuppance of the supposed criminals,surely justice then was bleak and guilt decided well before a trial,how different things are today.

I sat silently in that grand old building with its long history,marveling at its regal beauty and greatful that it now served a much nicer purpose than the horrors it once housed ,it is a place that can stir a memory and a thought to any who pass through its is great arched door ways.

Tomorrow my exhibition there will come to a close until next year,but I know I will wander back into that old building that is so dear to me,I will go to see every exhibit no matter what theme for it will give me the excuse to visit that wonderful old place that is now close to my heart.

Unknown Author: Quotes on Reflection
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.

dolls

dolls

tiny teeny portrait

tiny teeny portrait
watercolour miniature

something about Mary

something about Mary
just one of many..

leonardos lady

leonardos lady

Spring

Spring

sweet cakes and roses

sweet cakes and roses
yum yums

yet another Mary

yet another Mary

my id

my id

ted

ted