This is Acrylic Paint and Acrylic Paint Skins which overhang the edge of the framed canvas. It has nice depth and a low relief oval form that resembles an iceberg shape.
11.5"x8.5"x1" Acrylic on Canvas-Framed
This is an original print laminated onto a board and framed in a barn wood frame. The image is from a dream I had about the time my father moved our house on a flatbed truck to our ranch. In the dream I'm balancing on the roof of the house as he pulls it.
The messages I've added around the images says: As you move through the journey called Life, don't forget to dance under the stars.
As much as I enjoy traveling to urban cultural areas, I’m forever infatuated with the dry, sunny vistas of the Western Landscape. The clear air provides defined horizons across vast distances without buildings or humans.
Steering clear of extremes. In Chan Buddhism the Middle Way describes the realization of being free of the one-sidedness of perspective that takes the extremes of any polarity as objective reality.
24"x24"x.75" Acrylic on Cradled Panel-Available ClickHERE for purchase info.
This painting is part of my new series "Luminous Dimensions"
Considering this image, which evolved over a couple days in the studio, I wrote: "Sometimes it seems there are multiple dimensions to every moment. As I focus on one aspect, I know there is so much more available... if I could just tune in."
I also believe that if a painting communicates something to someone, the feelings, the stories and the messages received, will be as diverse as is my audience.
Framed in a gold floater frame.
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In 1976, I took the only painting class Texas A and M. offered. It was in the home economics department, and fortunately, it was taught by a very interesting instructor with strong credentials.
One of our projects involved abstracting subject matter, much like Picasso and Braque in their Cubistic era. I designed several large paintings with vertical implied lines that shifted value and color and created an uplifting element connecting the top and bottom. Like a shaft of sunlight fragmenting the horizon or the solidity of a skyscraper, I’m still fascinated by imposing these disruptions.
24"x24x.75" Acrylic on Cradled Panel/Available Click HERE for purchase info.
The Golden Hour, when the light of the day reaches a warm crescendo, I feel grateful, calm, and contemplative. And sometimes it calls for a glass of wine and a celebratory toast! Congratulations! You’ve completed another full day of living!
To the extent I am able to “let go” and to allow images to
come through me, the more powerful the message.
My images provide different messages for each person.
They are cryptic, dreamlike, opportunities to find your
own story.
"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It is a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, which is what I do. And that enables you to laugh at life's realities."
Dr Seuss
18"x18"x.75 Mixed Media on Cradled Panel-Available
Paint with random, innovative prompts to spark your imagination! Start a painting with a spread of prompts or pull a card just when you need a fresh idea. Integrate collage if you like or stay with just paint. If you are unfamiliar with my painting techniques get the DVD demonstration. Purchase them HERE
Practicing awareness of, and cultivating attention to, the deeper voice of the soul is the basis of my creative process. When I’m in my head, plotting, overthinking, analyzing, and trying to please myself or others, my art is self conscious and shallow. When I allow the whispers of “try this or you could do that” to lead the way, the result has greater resonance.
When I was a young mother in Wyoming, my mother and I would drive with the kids 56 miles to the closest greenhouse to buy pots of annuals for the yard. I always chose red geraniums, which I now know symbolize good health, positive emotions, and goodwill. Such a great gift for self and others!
Framed in a gold floater frame.
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24"x24"x.75" Acrylic on Cradled Panel/Available Click HERE for purchase info.