Fear – it’s only paper thin. If you have been following my post…you will know I have been having a rough time painting lately. This one I just completed and it depicts facing my fear…the paper with the “failed” painting on it and how I need to come out from behind the fear of my […]
July 24, 2015
Panique I am about to embark on a painting that I have been thinking about all week. The painting you see here is one that came of frustration, the last time I tried to paint an idea…I was going too slow. I painted over it with this look, (me panicked…”oh no, I can’t paint, I […]
July 23, 2015
I have been opening my blog each evening after work, hoping for words back! I feel so stupid…so that is what that little speech bubble up in the right hand corner is!!! Just finished answering, liking etc. a whole raft of little notes and messages. Like the guy in the desert with the huge satellite […]
July 19, 2015
Narrow Field of Vision This is not the same as “tunnel” vision this represents people whom, although they cannot see the whole picture, are able to see beyond where physical vision ends. Make any sense? The shading on the face is meant to give a different cast to the face. The canvas is deep and fully painted […]
July 19, 2015
Strawberry Storm Finally able to paint again today. The heat has been a tad oppressive, so I suppose that my mind wandered to wishful thinking! So there it is, the heat and the cool of it. After finishing I looked at it and the bottom of the cloud bank appeared as a series of strawberries […]
July 11, 2015
Funny title, I know, but it expresses what my weekends feel like…I think I can do everything on the weekend, that I didn’t have time for during the week. I am in the middle of appointments, painting, housework and paying bills. General “catching up”. Only the painting part is truly fun, however, part of being […]
July 8, 2015
When all is said and done, and the end of each day has come, my little friend Mini is here waiting patiently for me to return from my days labours. She is quite a beauty and a cutie. Mini-Meeps is a “rescue” cat…as you can see by the photo she has a wayward ear…her head […]
July 6, 2015
I am Brenda I have worked for the past 29 years for one company. I love it and am fulfilled by my work. It is varied and comes complete with daily surprises and opportunities. That being stated, another love has been lurking just beyond reach for years and that is painting(doodling), oh and then there […]
July 4, 2015
I did this painting years ago. My second husband. A sweet soul – he whirled through life never looking back always an adventurer. 16″ x 24″ oil on board click on image to enlarge
July 4, 2015
I painted this after viewing photos of effigies of the Bhudda. there was a stone sculpture of Siddartha that appeared to me so filled with deep sadness. 8″ x 8″ oil & metallic pen on canvas click on image to enlarge
July 29, 2015
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