Stage Fright
This is a 5″x7″ mixed media painting on canvas. A new painting of circus girl.
In the new painting, we see a frightened circus girl being comforted by Harriet the circus elephant.
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Innocence – SOLD
This is a 4″x8″x3″ mixed media painting on canvas.
My first baby girl turns 6 tomorrow. How did that happen?
Wow. She is amazing to me.
Bravo …
… although, she wasn’t really THAT impressed …
or was she?
5″x7″ mixed media painting on canvas.
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My Magic Hat
Hide me
Protect me
Guide me
Take me
Hide me
This is a 3.5″x5.5″ mixed media painting on canvas.
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Dreams
This is a 4″x6″ mixed media painting on canvas.
I am continuing on toward mine. Some days they seem far away and some days I look around and realize that I am actually living them.
I will continue to dream on and on.
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The Gift- SOLD
This is a new painting I did today. It is 9″x12″ on rag paper. It is a little bit of a self portrait but more of how I remember myself, rather than how I am right now. I hadn’t painted for awhile and I was trying to ease myself back into. Sometimes when I haven’t been able to get to the drawing board for an extended period of time I worry that I never will again and when I do I will be unable to draw at all. Today it was wonderful the way it all came together. I didn’t have to struggle to get back into it at all. It was a gift. And I have a gift and I know that sounds arrogant but I am acknowledging it so I can thank the Universe for giving it to me. It is no longer possible for me to waste this gift because the burning desire to use it is all consuming and that too is a gift. There was awhile in my life that I wondered why I was given this gift without the passion or inspiration to use it. It seemed so cruel. I didn’t realize that I had to USE my gift in order to find the passion and inspiration.
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A Commission And Then Off Again!
This is a new portrait I just finished. It is mixed media, 11.5″x15.5″ on rag paper.
I have been so crazy busy, unpacking only to repack again. We were in Grande Prairie for my art show ‘Moving Life’ ( I sold 11 paintings!) and now I am trying to get ready to go to Victoria. Poor Imogen is missing a lot of kindergarten but she had a wonderful time in GP and always loves her trips to Victoria so…..it is worth it to me. I guess that this will have to change next year, we can’t be missing too much of grade one.
Anyway, this portrait is what I have been up to painting wise. I am also working on another doggy portrait. (Another cutie … but you’ll just have to wait to see that one.)
Cat Dancing
This is a new 8.5″x11′ mixed media painting on rag paper.
I once had a book on cats that paint. It was pretty hilarious. So, if cats paint, surely it is not that much of a stretch to think that they could dance as well. If Beijing did dance, Imogen would definitely be his partner.
Concentration
This is a new 8.5″x10.5″ mixed media painting on paper. I was going to name it ‘Girl With A $500 Cat’ (grrrrrrrr …)
But
‘Concentration’ really seems to sum it up.
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8.5″x10.5″ mixed media painting on paper.Heidi Hair and Polka Dots- SOLD
16″x20″ mixed media painting on canvas.
When I was a little girl my favorite hairstyle was ‘Heidi hair’. I remember a book I had by Judy Blume (I think?) with a girl on the front, who had dark hair (like me) donned in a ‘Heidi doo’ with a big red gladiola on the side. I loved this paining, I think because I thought it looked like me. I remember I loved the book too but I just can’t remember the title … ???*** Boy haven’t thought about that in awhile.
Well here I go again, living vicarioulsy through my kids. I love putting Imogen’s hair up this way. She thinks she looks like a princess but hates all the pins it requires. It does takes a lot of pins! Boy does that kid have thick hair!
**** It was “Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself”
Friends
This is a new mixed media painting I did on paper. It is 11.5″x15.5″.
Funny enough, well, not funny at all, Beijing tried to jump on top of the fridge today and fell and hurt his leg. He is at the vet right now, under observation. Ching, ching (that is the sound of money …booooooo hooooo).
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IF ‘Theater’ – My Fancy Shoe
Last night we took our 5 year old to The Wizard of OZ. It was a huge production made even larger by the fact that we were in the second row.
I have always loved Dorothy’s ruby slippers, I definitely have a thing for red shoes. (Well, shoes in general, to be honest.) Last night I wore my three inch, T-strap, Kate Spades. They have tiny coral details that I just love. Imogen, who also loves a nice shoe, wore her gold ballerina flats.
I wish people dressed up more to go to the theater. I mean, if we no longer dress up to go to the theater, then when DO we dress up?
This is a little painting I did of one of Scarlett’s favorite shoes (Kenneth Cole). It is mixed media on paper and is 8.5″x11.5″.
Otto
This is a mixed media portrait I did of Otto the Bullodog. Isn’t he adorable! This was really fun and I totally fell in love with my subject.
The Accomplishment
Remember when you learnt how to tie your own shoes? It was quite the feeling of accomplishment.
I did this 9″x12″ mixed media painting today and guess what? Imogen tied a bow! WOW! She was so excited. There were high fives all around, even Scarlett was in on it.
The only thing that you don’t need when you are trying to tie your shoe is a cat. Ever noticed how they like long stringy things?
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IF ‘Impossibility’ Blue Butterfly
Sometimes blending in is an ‘impossibility’.
Pink Beard
Another character I developed several years ago. Actually, she was inspired by Imogen because she loved pirates and pink.
IF ‘Poise’ Balanced
I did ‘Balanced’ a little while ago but couldn’t help but think how perfect it was for this topic!
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IF ‘Subtract’ – Fog
Subtracting him from her was painful but made her whole.
Girl With White Crow (I Will Protect You)
This is a 11″x14″ mixed media painting on wood from my Too Small series.
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Free As A bird ( I Wish I Could Make It All Better)
This is a 18″x24″ mixed media painting on wood from My Too Small series.
The image of a bird cage just keeps popping into my head and on to the pages of my sketchbook but, I until now, I have not included it in an actual painting.
I love the see-through quality, and delicate wire bars of this Victorian birdcage. As a sculpture, a birdcage is rather beautiful and decorative. (Indeed, many people collect birdcages just for that reason.) However, I can’t help looking at an empty birdcage without feeling a little sad. Like something is missing. (Well, a bird obviously!) Perhaps I just need to try thinking about it differently; that the bird has escaped its captures and is free. This would make me happy if I was not so sure that a bird that was once caged would most likely not fair so well out in the wild.
I worry about being over protective with my children. How will they fair if I never let them fail? I constantly try to protect them from any hurt or nastiness that this world may bring them. Will they be able to make it all better for themselves? Comfort their own hurt? How can I teach them these skills? And, indeed, is it already to late? If I keep them caged up now, what chance do they have? At the same time, I want their childhood to be magic, innocence and joy. Childhood should be paradise. It should be free of worry and sadness. It is the only time that we are truly allowed the freedom of those feeling. When I see children that are deprived of those things my heart aches.
It is such a balance isn’t it? Just finding that perfect balance is a life’s work. A mother’s work. (And father’s too, of course).
As Free As A Bird
Just a little mixed media painting I did today. I am working on a larger painting, also with a bird cage. I have been wanting to include this wire birdcage in a painting for quite awhile now and I finally got around to it.
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