pensive

Since I am busier than a bee hive I decided to post some calming photos of mine for the Misty Journal project about "feelings" No time today to journal so I decided to gaze upon some past memories of a slower, simpler time in my life, not so long ago...not too far away, where I lived on a tiny magical Caribbean Island, Isla Mujeres, Mexico.....a place where un-beknown to me would alter me forever. For the better. pen-sive 1. dreamily or wistfully thoughtful. 2. expressed or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness

Crayola moment

I put on the brakes today, my 51st birthday, to get out the crayolas and play with Misty's Journal Challenge. I grabbed my "Wreck This Journal", poured a glass of wine and begin to scribble.

I did it for 7 days!

"You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life. This is not an easy struggle. Indeed, it may be the most difficult task in the world, for opening the door to your own life is, in the end, more difficult than opening the door to the mysteries of the universe." Daisaku Ikeda

Pink Self Portrait

Yellow Self Portrait

Red Self Portrait - Food & Fire

love the quote. love red wine. love a heart on fire. love the little girl in me who is still trying to "keep up" remember you can click on the photo for a larger view to read the quote I typed with my vintage typewriter!!

White Self Portrait

Green Self Portrait

me at 21, my feet at 40. I am still a tree hugger at 50

Orange Self Portrait

Blue Self Portrait

With a can of blue paint, huge blue pencil in my hands , which are those of a child, as I feel like such a newborn at this self portrait stuff; and my late night tea bag trying to settle down for a long winters nap, but the fullmoon kept me awake along with the fear of posting this unusual artform called self portraits. Dang, now that was a long sentence!! By now you should know that when I write, I don't use much editing, or proper grammar....I simply vomit my thoughts down on the keyboard (and remember I type real fast with three fingers!) So here it is, my second Self Portrait entry of the week...now onto the color orange for the day...oh what a happy color! Misty says I will get real good by the end of the week IF I do this everyday....we shall see, I say in such a skeptical way!

TANGLED UP IN BLUE

after layers of paint, glue and gesso, I almost have a blue self portrait! must dry overnight at the studio and add some final details before I scan it!

self portrait challenge

I did it. It took 5 minutes. No eraser. Just went for it. Seems like my mouth is miles from my nose, and what a square double chin! Kinda weird, kinda fun. I might do it again. But I had to post my original, because now I am going to "alter" myself for the journal!

pages 6,7,8

what I learned when you have artistic block is to grab more coffee or pour more wine, depending on time of day, make polka dots, and take pictures of your pile. Now that feels like ART! the journal page # 6 represents my intimidation of the loaded paintbrush, like a gun pointed at me to create. I prefer sewing, rubberstamping, cutting and pasting. Yes, I sew my paper together, rather than trust the glue. In remaining true to the theme of my January Journal, I am using junk mail, paint chips, sewing pattern tissue paper, watercolor pencils, and acrylic paints smooshed around with sponges.

journal pages 3,4,5

rubber stamping on tissue paper, beadwork, doodles, random scraps from my art table

page 1 # 2

scraps of my handmade paste paper and a paper bag that opens for "secrets" ~START AT THE PLACE YOU WANT TO END UP~ me