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Archive for December, 2008

Undecided

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Another painting from my new series “Too Small, Too Young”.

Undecided, 15.5 “x 20”, mixed media painting on wood stretcher.

This series is about being a child now, looking back and/or remembering being a child and also about being an adult/parent watching  your child grow up.  It is bitter sweet to say the least.

Sometimes I find myself looking at my children and feeling  unbearably sad.  I know that this sounds crazy  but it is because I am not really looking at them right now, instead I am thinking about how much smaller they were not so long ago or how soon they are going to be all grown and leaving me.  Awful I know, but it is the truth.  I think about how far away my own childhood seems now, how foggy my memories are.  How young my parents were.

In many ways, these are timeless paintings.  They live neither in or out doors but exist simultaneously in both.  If as though, our memories can be in some other plain all together, existing in our mind but also in this place that shifts back and forth, in and out of focus.  Often hard for us to grasp completely, save a snippet here, a smidgen there.

I guess in these works I am trying to capture  childhood, mine and my children’s and to somehow hold onto it for a little bit longer.  If I can’t manage it in real life, perhaps painting it will  help me remember to think less and be more.


IF ‘Clandestine’ – Now That I Have Your Attention

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The Clandestine Meeting

Now that I have your attention

The meeting will now begin

What do two white ravens need to discuss?

They would like it to be noted in the records

They are not albino

They simply have some type of mutant gene

They like that they are symbolic of peace

And they really like the gold sequins on your hat

That is all

The meeting can now be adjourned


Circus Sketches From My Sketchbook

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IF Voices

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‘Rape as a weapon of war.’

I was watching Mia Farrow speak about the horrible atrocities that are happening in the Congo right now and this really seems to fit with the topic this week. She promised these people to use her voice  so the world would hear their plight.    It is so horrible what is happening to these women and children.  Let’s all use our voice to get this story heard.

Yell it out!

For more information link here.


Circus Girl and Elephant

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This is a 11.5X15.5″ mixed media painting of circus girl being rocked to sleep by Harriet, the circus elephant.


Mui Mui, I love You You

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This is a 3.5″x5.5″ mixed media painting on paper.


IF “Rambuntcious”-The Sword Swallower

Everyone said that she was  rambunctious as a child.

Even so, no one expected her to  grow up  to be a sword swallower.

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This is a mixed media ACEO on paper.


Circus Girl And Strongman

circus-girl-and-strongmanThis is a 11.5″x15.5″ mixed media painting of Circus girl having her toes painted by the strongman.


Prada

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These are last year Prada … but I’d still wear them!

This is an original 3.5″x5.5″ mixed media painting. Available  for sale on etsy.


AHHHHH Ooooooow Choo

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This is an original 3.5″x5.5″ mixed media painting on paper.

Oh, Jimmy why do you do the things that you do? This suede boot by Jimmy Choo is a mere $1,500. That is $750 per boot. What I am offering you is this: own a Jimmy Choo boot for $20! How about that?

*** Actual boot is not included in sale****


ACEO The Girl And The Pear

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This is a painting if Scarlett stealing a pear. I have this stool from IKEA that has felt on the bottom and she can move that thing around and get up to where she wants to before I even know what is up. Most of the time it is to steal food. Honest, I DO feed her!

Oh, and look, there is another empty chair. For those of you that follow my blog, you will know what I mean. For those of you that don’t, get with the program!

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ACEO Willows Beach

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At the end of September we went to Victoria.  September weather is usually pretty reliable and this was no exception.  We had  a few beach days with the girls. Scarlett is totally into the beach right now.  She would throw rocks in the water and scoop water into her sand bucket forever.

This little ACEO is of Scarlett sitting on one of my favorite beaches in Victoria; Willows.  In the summer you can get crinkle fries from the little tea house and eat them right on the beach.  On a rainy day, you can sit inside and have a cup of tea.  It is nothing fancy, it is charity run, but it is one of my most favorite things

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IF Similar

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The Orange Peelers, 1.5’x5′, mixed media on canvas, 2008

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A Favorite topic of mine.    The ‘Orange Peeler’ Factory.  This idea came about when I handed Scarlett a bowl of tiny little oranges and she spent 2o minutes peeling them.  In a two year old’s world this is a very long time.   Anyway, that was the inspiration and then I just let my imagination fly!


Just Too Small

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This is a 24″x24″ mixed media painting on wood.  The sides are painted tangerine.  I actually did this one a few weeks ago but only just got around to taking a photo of it.  If I can’t scan it in, ( just too large! HA!)  I get a little lazy.

This one came about when a woman I am doing a large commission for was talking about empty chairs in paintings or photographs and how they made the individual viewer feel.  It seems that for some people it made them feel sad and lonely and for other it was more welcoming.  I couldn’t get the empty chair out of my head so when I was painting this one I decided to incorporate it.  I made it a kind of ghost like child’s chair.  She seems to be just leaving it to go forward, onward, to something else.  Something more interesting.  Such is life.

How do you feel about an empty chair in a photo or painting?


ACEO Circus Girl Study

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This is an original mixed media ACEO on 100% rag paper of Circus Girl . I am in the process of writing a Children’s book about circus girl. This is another study of her. She really is one of my favorite characters to paint. The more I paint her, the more I know her and, the more I love her. I hope that you feel the same way.

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The Girl With The Frilly Hat

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This a  new painting of an old subject.  I am glad I decided to do a few more of these.  Pure Joy.

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ACEO The Ballerina

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Monday morning, I always like to wake up to someone including me  in a treasury on etsy.  It just makes the day start out right.  Especially when it is with a group artists that are so amazing.  In fact, most of them were already favorites of mine on etsy!   Anyway, the piece that was included is called ‘Red Guitar’ (available) and the treasury is  entitled ‘Little Women’.

The above ACEO is called The Ballerina.

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ACEO Folk Festival

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This is an ACEO of Imogen at the Folk Festival this summer.  It was so beautiful at this moment, magic hour.  She loved it but as always, then she gets contemplative.

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