Framed

Bought a bunch of cheap frames at the second hand store and at the dollar store.  Paid full price for a couple too but in the end it is worth it.  I like the paintings much better framed

Default Art

 One of the artists I most admire is Nora Kasten.  Her wonderful Ruby Gem painting has been like a salve to my soul - I look at it and just sink into the beauty.  So it is only to be expected I guess, that some of my work should be somewhat along the same line.  Nothing is even remotely a copy - I could not copy her work for anything (I am not nearly good enough!) but the colours, the general flow - those are influenced heavily by Nora's painting.  At this point, working with these colours and this flow is my relaxation.  I have done several paintings - more than I have photos of even! - and have found every one to be a source of tranquility to me.  Each is different, yet the same.  The top one is the largest and Colin's favourite.  He says it seems Egyptian to him somehow.  I am not sure that I see that but do like it too.

 These next two are slightly smaller than Colin's favourite.  Rhys likes the light on the one above and I like the lower one - somehow it looks like a teapot to me

This last one is tiny - about the size of a coaster - and remains one of my favourites too.  I keep wondering how I can protect it and make it into a coaster at the same time!  Maybe a frame and glass over it.

Experimenting

 So my daughter told me that I do all unrecognizable things so I am experimenting a bit with some other styles.  The top is a postcard sized painting of the bridge to the island in Stratford.  The blue one - there is a bridge in there too.  I was working from a picture collage that another friend had done.  The bottom three were just fun to do.

Toe Art by Colin

I wish I could find the photos of when Colin painted my nails for Christmas one year.  He did a great job on them too.  The toe art was done as a summer joke - so I could have Wedgwood Toes.  I loved it. 

Playing with texture

Colin bought me some modeling paste to try out.  I have used different things to get texture into a painting - salt, pepper (yes pepper), crumpled paper, paper towels with embossing, even paint scrapings but the modeling paste is a whole new (and interesting) world for me.  I can make paint that is thicker or I can put the paste underneath and *sculpt* into it. 

Feeling Cross

 I did these crosses over the last few weeks - since Easter.  Some are hidden and some are clear.  I was also experimenting with texture which can be seen a bit on a couple of these.

Work space

My workspace at the moment - not much room at all.  We are hoping to expand here and turn one small bedroom into a small studio but right now it is all just crammed around my room!