Dream Series is what I called this series at first but not sure that is my intent as I painted. Now I  may make a title change. I started pulling out quotes from The Little Prince as I painted and may at some point incorporate the quotes directly into the paintings.

                      “Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward 
                                                       together in the same direction.” 

                                                           

                        “All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.”\

                  If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. 
                                                All the stars are a-bloom with flowers...”  

             

“              It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.” 

“It is such a mysterious place, the land of tears.”  

 

                  “I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. 
                               Words are the source of misunderstandings." -from the Fox-”


                                        “No single event can awaken within us 
                                a stranger whose existence we had never suspected.
                                                     To live is to be slowly born.”
                                                           

                            Two  more pieces are on the easel for this study of forms and color.
   I will post them eventually. I like to have them further along before posting on the blog.

Next will be postings of the angel series that will hang with this one at Ross Gallery in Oct.
                                                    Thanks for looking.

Dragonflies...since I did my little BEE HAPPY paintings I decided to go a bit further into the buggy field. Dragonflies have been prolific this year and the kids have enjoyed sneaking up on them and touching their backs. So here are a few of the 9 dragonflies I painted.....

 seriously need better photo's so bear with me I will replace these some time in the future and will add the last 2 as well.

Some things I did for Market Central...my apologies...these are really bad photo's., all the work is in the space and I can see I really need to go over and take better shots of the work before they are gone.

The bicycle series on request:

       2 yellow backrgound
               with white dots.

Then 4 with blue green    background with white dots.
The red bike with front handle bar basket is a bike that is seen  at   Bobby Lanier Farm Park,
where we work in the community garden.


the paintings sides are covered in ribbon
which adds to the whimsy of the paintings
the yellow have yellow ribbon that looks like lattice fencing.
 The blue green have a black and
white poka dot ribbon.

Still Painting....between running here and running there I have found time to continue to paint on the series. I also did a little more to the bug series..this time dragon flies. I will post those works at a later date.
In the angels and dreams series I seem to be fascinated with birds, mainly crows. I have started adding them to the paintings. For me, I find that Crows symbolize chaos. Changes in what we believe and constant reminder of what we fear. The more they circle around us the more confused we become. Some Crows are the workings of our minds and our perceived fears, fears of time slipping by, love lost, ships that have sailed.  Crows or ravens are immensely large birds and very demanding, with their raucous loud call from one to another, they remember faces and people and hold grudges, it is hard to make them go away. When they look at you with their black eyes, you feel it to the bottom of your soul

So I wonder where I went on this journey first of love to now sinister feelings, depression and fear.......maybe as I continue to paint I will  come out on the other side of the light and once again.....find the love that I am searching for amidst all my confusion.

Amidst Confusion

Love conquers all

     Works in Progress...so much needs to be done to complete these two..but it is additional works of life stages.  I have also become fascinated with adding hearts. I am sure you see them.

I am still working on the two new series. Not sure what I will call them. One I am thinking of might be Grey Angels. The other Dreams. The titles are also Works In Progress.
Two new pieces for the Grey Angels. Still need to let them rest then go back and adjust things that might improve them.

 I see a bird in one. I may emphasis that object. I have been adding birds to a few of the forms paintings. Crows mainly, but in this one I may make it a dove. I am thinking that may bring the two series together. The circles or bubbles are one aspect of cohesion but it definitely needs more if I plan to hand these together.


 I have one new piece for the Forms Series. I am thinking I might dilute the colors as I did in the first painting of this series. It gives it a more ephemeral feel by calming down the colors. Just not sure I am ready to do that yet.

I seem to be focusing on life stages and then into the hereafter.

Visting Galleries

Another good day with Dave. We visited several galleries and saw an eclectic collection of styles and subject matter, as well as some Photoshopped photography . Lots of great conversation with Dave and once again some new inspiring ideas.  Once home I came up to the studio and decided to read through some of my former postings. Appears I am always, well nearly always; positive that I have found my way back to painting again. Though most of the time some real life event diverts my attention and I leave the studio and do not go back as planned to finish out my challenges that I presented to myself.



My hometown series went no further than the 6 I posted. I should go there because most all those pieces sold but is that the criteria that I wish to paint on, they are sale-able?.

 My BEE HAPPY pieces were going to evolve further int paintings of dragonflies and other buggy ideas but so far the 9 bees are the only thing finished; the dragonflies are base painted and quick fly bodies have been painted but no detail






The landscapes, even with the challenge of Sky Holes, never really had a chance, I think honestly they were doomed from the start. Maybe I should have challenged myself on the landscapes to do them plien' aire.......

 but my dream series is growing and I am producing new pieces. I just have not posted them. After today with Dave and our over the lunch table talk....I know I must get back to it. Even if a "baby fix" and a trip to Huntsville is suddenly thrown in to the schedule. Even if grandson's graduation is attended and celebrated. Even if trips with Tom come up. Even if going to MWC better known as Mom's work camp. Even if rushed visits to the kids in Texas or birthdays coming up. Even if soccer games, babysitting and everything else that REAL LIFE throws at me are calling my name. This series is my comeback series and I find I can't wait to get back up to the studio. Hope you will hang in there waiting for me to post new works.....I am back this time for sure.

Angels

so now that I am working seriously again....I am branching out with my silhouette ideas.. I had some dark base painted canvases thinking I would work on thoughts of the Universe and as I studied them I noticed small figures...I started developing the figures and as I went along I noticed "wings" so here is my angel series that I am working on....these are works in progress and if you visit often you will probably notice small tweaks to each of them.

Dream Series

new work....I am still trying to find my way back to expressing myself. I have tried flowers, I have tried landscapes... landscapes almost got me back. But a bad turn and it was dropped once again.
Now I am going to try a more expressive style. See if I can get to my inner core and bring back what I lost...
DREAM SERIES.
title either        Heart of Man......or Complete....

Through The Portal

building on the ground floor....which translates to...working more on the trees...
I am beginning to enjoy the process again.
Will continue to refine and work on SKY HOLES in the trees....makes them more realistic.

LOST in the COUNTRY

My Last post I thought I would go off on a WILD GOOSE CHASE
or maybe even opt for HARE & NOW...
then I switched over to CHICK IT OUT....and I got Lost in the Country....

Blue Tree on the Creek   18 x 24

Autumn Tree Line 10 x 10

landscape paintings for a exhibition in OCT..as I wandered through the trees I remembered an Autumn Tree Line 

hopefully I will continue

 to paint and keep looking 

for the silver lining 

  of my own creativity.

OVER & OVER
I am still trying to find something that inspires me. I started with whimsical this year...and thought.OK not bad.....in fact almost enjoying the thinking process. So I decided to be happy..be happy ok that started it... BEE HAPPY....everyone was telling me to be happy to feel happy. So off I went to paint.

 

So here is BEE HAPPY by yourself. Very small and easily finished. 

What's next....well continue of course.

 

Ok so enough of being happy by myself..

now time to BEE HAPPY in twos...maybe even threes or fours.

Maybe I can even find happiness in a crowd.

Well now that I found myself happy....maybe I will go off on a WILD GOOSE chase