Flowers are my Music

I haven't binge watched anything since "Orange is the New Black" came out. Over the weekend Dave and I decided to watch "Jessica Jones"... the entire season in two sittings! Even though I was sick, it was still too hard for me to "just sit" and watch, so I created a couple of small collage pieces on canvas as the action played out. I'll post the other one soon.

"Flowers are my Music"

The edges of the canvas are painted, too!

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Love

It's a wonderful thing when we wear our hearts on the outside. 

"Love"

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This painting is part of a year-long online art class (instructor Angela Kennedy).

The Queen

I'm madly in love with tearing up catalogs and magazines and creating art inspired by all that rich color and texture.

"The Queen"

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This painting is part of a year-long online art class (instructor Annie Hamman).

Bonded by our Roots

Lucky for me, just as I was starting this piece a friend dropped off an Anthropologie catalog. All those textures are so inspiring for collage! If you've got some, send them my way.
 

"Bonded by our Roots"

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And then There's Joy

After feeling more focused and serious with my art yesterday, it was so much fun to release my inner child and go all in with whimsy today.

"And then There's Joy"

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Be the change...

I'm filled with gratitude today as I had the pleasure and privilege to be with two beautiful friends who experienced 9-11 in a very close and personal way. I began my day with one of of them and later shared in a celebration with the other...both spoke of that day fifteen years ago. These women each bring peace to our world by living Gandhi's words, "Be the change you wish to see in this world."

As I painted these flowers and was reminded of the magnitude of this date, these twin flowers came to represent the events of that morning and the possibilities that are left for the rest of us to guide.

We can all "Be the change..."

"Be the change..."

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Abundance

So a funny thing happened on the way to the finish line with this painting. I was laying down the paint for the flowers and my big cat, Pug, lay down beside the painting and flopped his tail right where I'd just put some orange. He then flopped his tail up and "painted" one of our chairs and then he flopped his tail to the side and "painted" my shorts. Love collaborating creatively with you, Pug!!!

"Abundance"

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This painting is part of a year-long online art class (instructor Tamara LaPorte).