Waiting For Braids
This is a 6″x8″ mixed media painting on paper covered canvas. The sides are .5″ and are painted red. It is $67 and is available HERE.
Braids For Bed
This is a 3″x4″ mixed media painting on wood. The side are 1″ deep and are painted turquoise.
This painting is $40 and is available HERE.
En Plein Air
During this visit to Victoria we have found our way to painting en plein air. I have to admit that it has never been my favorite pass time (painting outside, that is) it attracts way too many people. I have found, however, if I am not actually painting, it is fun for the kids to get that attention.
They were pretty happy when people commented on ‘the artists’ painting. The four of them have decided to call our excursions ‘art camp’ and are happy to paint anywhere any time. YEAH. There have actually been whole moments of silence!
Scarlett sketches flowers
Dylan
Jacob, Imogen and Scarlett
Art Camp Four
Braids
This is an original 4″x4:mixed media painting on wood. The stretcher is 1″ deep and is red.
This painting is $70 available HERE
The Moon To Light Your Way
This is a 8″x10″ mixed media painting on paper covered canvas. The sides are 3″ deep and are painted turquoise. This painting is $190 and is available HERE
As a mother, I often feel like the moonlight. Trying to light the way for my children in a very dark and unknown environment. How can I know the best way through the forest? Clouds consistently block my light and make it impossible for me to catch those carefully placed bread crumbs even if the birds have missed them. ‘The blind leading the blind’ comes to mind. I am sometimes as childish as my children, as doe eyed, caught in the light as frequently as in the dark. I stumble around not knowing which way is up. Not exactly comforting for any child. I have yet to figure out how to ‘act’ like I know what I am doing and I think my girls see right through me. Perhaps you can fool them for a little while but after the age of four they start to realize that you are clueless as they are. Perhaps this is why they are always asking me ‘why?’. They realize that I don’t really know why and that I am just on auto pilot, which makes that question even more exasperating. I swore that I would never say ‘because I said so that is why’ …. uh, yeah that was when I was twenty and was fifteen years away from having kids. Sorry, twenty year old self, I haven’t just said it once either and don’t you dare ask me ‘why?’ because I really don’t know why this question is so hard to answer. Maybe it would mean stopping for a minute and thinking and who has time for that?
So, the idea of being the moon and lighting the way for my children is kind of silly but the dream is that I can do this and that I can protect them and guide them. And the even bigger dream is that they might just listen. So I paint my dreams and perhaps that will help them become a reality.
The Red Hat And The Gerber Daisy
This is a 9″x12″ mixed media painting on paper covered canvas. The sides are and are painted red.
This painting is $180 and is available HERE.
Trying to have fun in the studio. I find circus imagery always brightens things up for me. I just love the saturated colours that I can use (oh, and of course, sparkles).
In The Wink Of An Eye
This is a 4″x5″ mixed media painting on wood. The sides are 1″ and are painted turquoise.
This painting is SOLD
The Pink Felt Crown
4″x6″ Mixed media painting on wood stretcher. The sides are .5″ and are painted red.
This painting is $60 and is available HERE
IKON ART- Wear My Art
The new website looks awesome, you should check it out!
IKON ART
Starring; My Ego
This is a 12″x16″ mixed media painting on clay board. It is $375 and is available HERE. If you have any questions about purchasing this piece or about my lay away plan, please email me maria@mariapacewynters.com
I have to be honest, my ego has been giving me a beating lately. I guess it knew I would be willing to listen. When it sees an open door, it doesn’t wait around for a formal invitation. So, yes, I have had an unwelcome visitor, and it has been a really, really bad house guest … criticizing my ideas, questioning my talent, and telling me I’d never paint another good painting.
My ego even started to unpack its bag and hang its things in the spare closet. I saw its toothbrush next to mine in the bathroom, dirty clothes in the hamper, underpants hanging over the towel rack. Its presence could be seen at every turn.
What could I do? I decided to bring in the big guns.
Did you know that The Red-Head eats egos for breakfast? Me either.
Thanks Red-Head, you are my savior and you really can kick ego!
* This blog is not 100% accurate. Some things may be exaggerated or untrue, the idea of a spare closet in my house, for instance, is completely ridiculous!
