Well don't know if she will be Madonna or Eve at this point, both seem to fit but I'll just wait and which speaks louder, she's definitely in the garden of Eden of that I'm sure! Once I started painting and drawing this one went pretty fast. It definitely takes longer to set up, do the under painting and collage than anything else.
This project is moving right along, not really integrated yet, just two images so far, but that will change. I can't believe it's almost Christmas!!
So lately I've been thinking more about the whole piece as opposed to just the image and thinking in terms of supporting elements instead of competing elements. My painting of course could be a lot better but it seems to be moving along at a reasonable pace, sometimes stepping back and sometimes stepping forward. The process is always a slow go in the beginning because it takes awhile to decide on the right elements once that decision is made then things go pretty well.
I think I am at the last big marathon of the year......finally. Three openings last night! Christmas fast approaching so not too much time for art although I do intend to start work on a new painting. To make everything perfect the weather has warmed up some, my dog finally has her stitches out by the hand of the vet not herself and I am germ free for the first time in months!!! 2010 is going to be a great year!
I got this absolutely fabulous curio cabinet at an estate sale. Words can't describe just how cool this thing is!! I had also gotten a bunch of little things for some smaller curio boxes at this estate sale, this lady knew how to put these things together. You can't see it well but there is a flying goose on top, a hood ornament I think.
Boy oh boy is it ever cold outside well actually it's been really really really cold for a while now. This morning is the cherry on top! If anybody has ANY global warming in their neighborhood please in the name of compassion send it our way, thanks.
Finished up the bear and the bike added a hummingbird, urban skyline, roses and bubbles to finish. My work seems to be leaning somewhat surrealistic which is fun. I didn't actually notice until someone mentioned my work from that reference point. Hummmmm, I'm always the last to know. This piece is fairly large 34x30, I barely had room to do it in my studio.
I was just thinking that given her history we should have put more dashes and e's behind her name, as in Zoe-e-e-e-e-e.!!! This dog is simply amazing. Lately she has had a few health problems relating to her liver, the thinking was that the bulk of them came from constant infections from her TPLO plate. After that surgery she got a bone infection and about every three months she got an infection in that leg, long story short her liver was doing well enough that the vet took out the plate about 3 weeks ago. Well-l-l-l-l after about a week she removed the lower half of her staples....gross. This is what we tried
Took her in and they fixed her leg up now she had about twice the staples and a wrap not three days later she had taken all the staples out and had a gaping wound...once again, gross, that was all last week. This is what we tried.
Took her in and three of us laid on her while they gave her a local and stitched her up again. That was kinda strange. Three days later, Wednesday, she had taken out her stitches WITH a cone on. Back we go and a repeat of last time. This is the cone.
This time I wrapped her up and although she can scratch her itches she can't actually remove any staples or stitches, so far, but she is clever.......more later. I'm hoping this will work because I so want closure on this leg.
Well we now have the cone and the wrap on....stay tuned.
I made this curio box, which I don't usually approach this way, after going to an estate sale full of curio boxes and I bought lots and lots of teeny weeny thingys. Here is curio box number one. This one is a classic curio box, which as I said I don't usually do but I just felt like trying something new.
The bear and his bike along with another friend. This one is coming along have a few contrast problems. If you are wondering how to check contrast easily just take a picture of your piece and put it on your computer in your photo editing program and change it to black and white and it becomes very clear where the problems lie.
