Art

I have started some more wire hearts...the vines are on and the foliage and flowers are in progress...on the heart below I spent a few hours sewing vintage fabrics and scarves into what I thought looked like flowers but at the end of it all I realized it all looked as though I had just wrapped some old material around the wire...hmmm..all that for not a lot. So back to the trusty wire ribbon roses...or roses made from gathered ribbons...like the pink one below. I'm trying to achieve a look that is floral and pretty but not too twee.. unique I suppose...I'll keep going until I achieve the effect I want...it will happen..it just sometimes takes longer than I want when I'm not even sure what I'm doing..(make sense?).

These 3 paintings are finally finished..I think..I have added some stitching to them if you can see that..I really had fun with these...I had no idea what they would be when I first put paint on the canvasses so it was very freeing..

Lazy life...

We spent most of our time out on this verandah...all day for days...I read and wrote and painted and drew and loved it all.

I lay under a huge old bottle tree and took this pic...Desley figured out it could be 2 or 3 hundred years old...it is quite incredible..

The chooks...we became quite attached to them..they walk all day scouting around for whatever they eat..they must do miles each day..

My Day for Art

Its a gorgeous day but I'm still sitting here in bed with the laptop...drinking coffee and looking at my facebook and emails and checking out peoples' blogs...I'm all on my own for 4 days as Don left yesterday morning for Toronto in New South Wales, (10 hours away), to his latest powerlifting comp with his mate Ted. I have a lot of art planned and maybe also a trip out to see friends and a walk on the beach..but nothing is set in concrete and I can change it all if I want..

I painted these little 'planets' to cut out and add to a small collage in progress. I'm working towards entering another exhibition and this time the works wanted will be smaller scale. So another focus for me with my art. I can become quite scattered otherwise and not really have any goal in mind and sometimes just think what the hell and just give up and go and do something else. I know I am extremely fortunate to have this good life with lots of time to use for my art..when I was working fulltime it was really difficult as I was so tired all the time.

The first photo is the flyer for my first ever exhibition!! Well, its not actually all about me..but it is the exhibition that I have one small piece in. The painting that I showed in the last blog post has also been accepted for the online auction to raise proceeds for Japan. I really liked that painting but the photo doesn't show it very well. I had to take it out to the gallery so they could see it in the flesh too and they said the same thing...it was a lot fun to paint.

So....off to create!!

In my home.

This painting was an attempt at a traditional subject (teacups and saucers) using a modern method...I had a lot of fun with it. Its actually a lot more colourful but difficult to get a good photo.

I have an 'altar' at the front door...it is intended to protect the people in this home and I have this angel above, the small buddhist statue in front of her from Thailand via Trudy and Tom and a large wooden Buddha which was my mum and dads' and must be about 50 years old...will post a photo of him soon. Also on the altar is this little doll from Japan I have had since I was a girl...It is also a repository for any natural elements I find out in the world...eg rocks, leaves, seedpods etc. I have a feather tree in place at the moment.

And my birthday roses from Don. I love them...