“The eye is meant to see things. The soul is here for its own joy.” –Rumi
The painter dips her toes into the sparlking, blue stream of inspiration as it flows from the muse, giving her heart and soul to love & beauty. This painting was enhanced by the use of gel medium and aluminum foil. In person it fairly sparkles!
The pasted quote from Robert Browning, “Oh the wild joys of living! the leaping from rock to rock.” Watercolor ribbons in primary colors provide the habitat for butterflies that I blew in using a straw with the puddles of paint. The bird just seemed to fit here. The more difficult image to see is someone hiding there, someone in blue jeans, sitting on a rock, holding a pink butterfly in one hand as another alights on the shoulder. Now who could that be? June 2009
“Celebrate Small Steps” and music, “Follow the Gleam”
Another magical painting in which the girl just showed up and I colored her in from the gray ink and water dripped onto the paper. Her “legs” seemed to be walking towards the sun, light source and away from the dark, giant, spotted “bug” on the right. She seems to have emerged from the blue maze shape lower left. It is a Greek symbol of some kind but it represents a maze in this painting. So fun!
This was done two days before my grandson was born. He was overdue and the family was anxious. It started as usual with metallic inks and watercolor dropped onto a wet paper. Then I found the boy sillouette and the three stockings (baby would make three afterall and it was near Christmas). When I looked again at the colors on the page, I noticed the little drop inside the egg shape. Where did that come from? So I wrote, “Hey Baby, come out, come out and play!” The music says, “It is well, it is well with my soul.” The feathers came last, (eggs, chickens, feathers). Here is what I wrote:
Beginning new life the egg tumbles down, hiding in shadows, a baby who will be boy child. ‘I won’t come out! I am happy & warm & having fun in here!’ The older boy calls to him’Come out & play with me, jump & run & laugh & play!’ And when he arrives eventually, hw happy to have you we all will be. Baby makes three!”
This is another magical painting/collage. Everything just seemed to show up. I have not been able to replicate the beautiful colors and design they make on their own. This was a photo-transfer of me as a bride (was I ever that young?) in front of candles. The graphic is from some advertisement but has a reference to Jesus and justice. The word I collaged, upper left, says illuminate. Here is what I wrote about it:
This kind of Love is a complete and utter love. It fills me with Illumination. It is Grace, Peace & Light. It is love of family, here and passed on; love of earth, of sky & life. To receive a great love like this, one must give it–not just to family & friends but, community & self. November, 2009
Experiment with modeling paste and stencils.
Happiness is light on water, Asian symbols, Marilyn’s homemade cookies, happy accidents with paint, turquoise and blue, golden moon melting into sea, play, seashells, peace & quiet, Muses at the work of creating, laughter of women together, not taking ourselves seriously, painting, painting, painting.
“We are the night ocean filled with glints of Light,” Rumi, and I wrote, “Live, Laugh, Love.” Dec. 2009
Eyes that look but may not see. Life, joy, wonder, adventure and awe! Grandmother tortoise encourages us to go, do, live with love, always remembering that, as Rumi says, “We are the night ocean filled with glints of light,” (and song!)
Blue, green sea of life and wonder never ceasing. Discovery of things to come, of change.
Do you see the blue and orange ostriches? I didn’t until I was nearly done collaging. Funny bird types. Don’t they look like they are running? This watercolor – collage was done in preparation for a workshop I lead for F.A.A. last year. The quote on top is from Jeremiah 20:11, ” ‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord. ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’ “
When I saw the little girl on the swing, I had to have her! First, because she looks like my late baby sister but also because she looks like the feeling I have inside me when I do this art. The words say “Imagine opportunity” and “warm feeling”. These colors really provoke a sense of excitement and love for me. Watercolor, ink and collage, 2009. If you look carefully, you will see the person/clown or whatever, watching through sunflower glasses, (left). Didn’t have to do much to bring it out, nostril, eyebrow and a few hairs on the top of its head.
This ink and watercolor was fun. I dropped the ink. Then I added water to the ink and let it run around a bit and suddenly there were fish and, what’s that? A frog peeks in from the left. Now I just have to figure out what those black things are in the middle, creatures or sea grass?