Abstraction and flowers
I never saw myself as a flower painter...still life etc wasn't a topic I focused on but times change. I love working on my figurative pieces but it is nice to explore ways of keeping my work fresh. I am having so much fun exploring simplified flowers and exploring a...
Fun with flowers
Let go and play This is the place where I let you into my thought process as I look for possibilities. I am getting too bogged down on my figures so I need to loosen up a bit. I love the figures but playing in a different way helps me bring in new elements to my...
Trust your instincts.
I know I am a bit inconsistent at posting at the moment. I am in the middle of lots of changes and feel as though I've made a jump in understanding which is great but...it means that if I want to exhibit a piece I did earlier, I have to bring it up to speed with where...
Free magaziness and AU golden supplies
Hi...just thought I would share some good art spaces for inspiration and supplies. I have been searching for somewhere in Australia to get good priced Arte supplies and I found it at the Sydney Art Store. Best prices I've found for Golden fluid acrylics and cheap...
Creative Dreaming
Stepping through the looking glass: Dream to reality. As I move forward in my research, exploration and stepping stones to my creative dream business I have found a consistent comment about finding your authentic voice especially as you begin developing your own...
Studio window
As I consciously look for things to be grateful for and go on my own meandering interpretation of the gratitude challenge, I look up from my painting. I love this beautiful view from my studio, looking back towards the house as momentary snippets of winter sun filter...
And so she danced…
Finally finished her.
Play time and healing.
Well I now have a nasty chest infection but the thing that I know about my body is that when I am sick, I need to find a balance between art play and rest. Art play makes me feel good and forget the cough etc and that...
Magic moments
Magical synchronicity and rainbow rays….thank you
Gratitude wheel
i found this gratitude wheel on Tens4mind and I love the idea. As I am looking this week at reasons to be grateful, I thought I would post gratitude quotes I found...this is not really a quote but what a fantastic visual for exploring our own gratitude. Hope you like...
52 week gratitude challenge
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52 week gratitude challenge!
What a good idea, I might just join you...maybe use it as a prompt so I write more often and think a bit differently. Might do it more than once a week though ...but we will see. Thank you...I am looking at all the ways I can be more grateful and consciously look for...
Dancing star
Art evolving…
So often I watch these videos of amazing artists at work and I wonder, how do they seemingly manage to complete an art work in one sitting. That's what it looks like and it is impressive...just a little jealous. Every work I do seems to need breathing space as it...
Color previewers
I continued working on my paintings but decided to make my own version of the colour previewers that I saw on 'colour in your life' when they visited Susan in her studios in NZ. If you have not seen any of the Colour in Your Lufe TV shows, do go to the link as they...
A piece of a soul…
Works in progress
Lilith in colour
Finally completed the colouring of my Lilith sculpture. I like the way it worked and it has opened up new possibilities of ways of colouring the White polymer clay. I used raw sienna as a base coat and let it dry. I then used my inktense pastel set as a paint pallet...
She is…
As my friends pointed out, my work has a strong feminine energy. I know this is stating the obvious but as we shared a plesant evening together for Roy's birthday celebrations and as we discussed horoscopes I connected the dots. Years ago a friend named Anne did my...
Journey boat
Inner journeys As I travel forward, staff in hand; familiar by my side, I am aware of opening into realms I do not know. Travelling to lands yet I invisioned. I am the seeker who yearns to know, the wanderer searching for home but I am never truly alone. The wolf pup...
15 Tips and tricks with polymer clay mixed media techniques.
What I've learnt so far... I have been having lots of fun exploring the possibilities of polymer clay as a mixed media material. Along the way I have learnt lots of different thing so here are the things I have learnt so far. My approach is sculptural so the tips and...
Thank you…
Lilith layered possibilities
Freedom to choose... I have slowly added detail to the air dry clay base. The crystals include turqoise from Santa Fe, a touch of carnelian, celestite I think. ...and a beautiful healing green crystal that I can't remember the name of...it just called me. Obviously...
The night…opening pathways.
Goddess of free will-will Searching for crystal links to Lilith and I came across this. This Jewish learning page portrays Lilith as a devil and states that Lilith means ' the night'. Why is it that so many people are scared of the dark? How many stories make night...
Searching for the Goddess.
Lilith I am sitting on the couch with my foot up. A heat pack on my ankle and an iPad in hand. I decided to continue working on a piece I started years ago. This piece has a beautiful orange-red mosaic base and a powerful and peaceful woman with an owl on her...
Studio…not today…?
Two beautiful paintings almost done...and I was so looking forward to playing in my studio today but life had other plans. I was rushing to meet my sister in a grassed area...danger bells...yes I badly sprained my ankle...probably chipped a bone according to the...
Mixed media earth spirits
These are the results of my mixed media play. Materials: Polymer clay air dry clay crystals copper wire Golden acrylics found vines and branches small metal embellishments [gallery type="rectangular"...
Works in progress
I have been lost in a haze as the whirlpool of school took over and then I started to play. I am exploring the polymer clay but also the idea of a web and circle and how I can combine these. I am also starting to add copper wire. In my moments of escape I formed my...
Whispers of my soul
Through the layers
Take 2
Evolving I thought she was done but the magic wasn't quite there. I added a few more layers and the head piece which is part painted and part real. The mask has more detail and I added more warmth to her skin and played with the hair highlights. I also worked on some...
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