Jill took a wonderful photo of Donna and Charlie. That is a portrait. This painting is a remembrance. Thank you, Jill.
Not a portrait
Total hip replacement
About four months ago I got my hip replaced. I’d had to wait two years, for other health problems. I’m doing better, but three hours in my studio is my limit, now. But oh, how much more energy when I’m not in constant intense pain!
New series
Lots of reasons that I have not posted in a long time. I am doing a series which have facial elements. There are a lot of things that I’m wondering about. Here is WTF #33.
I like these women!
They don’t look important enough to add to a grant application, but I find them coming along when I need them. Today,s new discovery was wiping acrylic over the enamel drips. Previous faces were tinted with pastels.
Collage first
The Eye Wonder series continues to explore ways to depict eyes or eyeglasses. This one, nameless so far, started with the collage, and then the enamel was dripped. The collage has been highlighted with an orange Sharpie pen.
See previous posts for other approaches. We are planning on making a You-Tube video about the process. Hopefully we can show the real way creativity takes place in my studio, by guess or by golly! If we can find the parts to the camera, and the editing software
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Video?
When Forrest was making salsa at my house, I showed him my Eye Wonder series. He suggested we make a You-tube video of the process. I love the idea and Gregg’s background is in film. We want to show the process of making art and a video.
Cori Saraceni suggested the detail picture. I have such great supporters for my art!
Eye Wonder What Happened?
My sons, who were very close growing up, do not speak. It breaks my heart. I have done a series of paintings, of eyes, whether going in or out of my soul, I cannot say. Vacancy where there was love?
Here’s one with a detail.
Humor
Many of my paintings are about women and their predicaments. I try to infuse some humor into them. When stuff blindsides you, do you wake up feeling like this woman?
Hat from Ladies Tea
We had a workshop last March to decorate hats for our Ladies Tea. This isn’t a portrait of the woman wearing the hat, it’s a painting of a woman wearing a hat.
Hats
The Fine Ladies “made” their hats for an afternoon tea. This is a painting, not a portrait of a lady or a hat. I’m still struggling with acrylics. Here’s a chapter of that struggle.