I
have decided to enter the challenge Fall Fearless and Fly at Artist
in Blogland, even though it is spring here. I am at a point in my
life where I am reevaluating my goals and my life in general. I am
shedding my old leaves and hoping to grow new ones. Yes reinventing
my future. The best thing is I don't have to do it all at once, as
Abe Lincoln says take it one day at a time.
For
this journal page I used gouache, stamps and pencils.
WORK IN PROGRESS
As
part of the shedding of my old self, I discovered that I can't carry
on with my painting Up the Creek, I found myself putting off
getting on with it, and it was only when I was doing this piece and
wondering why I was itching to get to work on another large painting
that I realized that I had indeed moved on, and I was not that person
any more. I think having a large painting on a depressing period of
my life would only make me dwell on the past and not concentrate on
the future.
So,
I have decided to do the series as a series of journal pages. I will
post them as I do them.
Angels
in the Garden
Now
to the painting I am working on and am quite excited about. It is
quite a different way of working for me as usually I have everything
worked out before I paint. This is more intuitive. I have had the
canvas below for ages, it was an attempt last year to paint flowers
in my garden. I got struck and it has been sitting face against the
wall until 2 weeks ago. I was changing the room around and left it
face out. As I was sitting there and I could see faces, maybe because
I was doing the 29 faces challenge I was seeing faces everywhere!
Here
is a photo of it can you see faces?
This
week I started to paint the faces I saw and as I was painting I
realized that I was painting a childhood experience! I used to love
lying on the grass and staring at the flowers I was convinced that I
could see angels amongst the flowers. My grandmother had told me that
fairies lived in the Buddleia Tree in the hen pen, so, why I thought,
there couldn't be angels in the flower garden?
I
think that I have too many faces, so might take one or two out, I
also haven't decided how realistic to make the flowers and leaves, I
will have to wait and see what develops.
Linking
to Paint Party Friday
what an exciting and scary process, reinventing onself -- good luck with that! Love the faces they make me think of autumn leaves with personality. Cool! the busyness is great I think
ReplyDeleteWonderful journal page, and what a great painting you're working at. Love the intuitive style and the meaning it has for you.
ReplyDeleteI am very excited about the faces painting - I wonder who they are? Fairies perhaps? It's wonderful.
ReplyDeleteYour autumn lady is gorgeous too. I painted an October Girl... must be something in the air ;)
Those are fun and good for you for reevaluating your life. :)
ReplyDeleteHow inspiring! I love the journal page and her vibrant green eyes! Then I scrolled and saw your faces in the flowers- and I just want to grab a paintbrush and work on one of my older canvases! Thank for the inspiration and for joining Fall Fearless and Fly!
ReplyDeleteWhat great pieces you have posted...
ReplyDeletethe faces are amazing... I love them
Karenx
loving your amazing wip, its going to be a brilliant piece of art. Happy PPF, Annette x
ReplyDeleteWonderful pieces, it's so good to move on! HPPF!
ReplyDeleteLove how the faces peek out from behind the leaves and flowers! Isn't it fun to paint more from your intuition? I used to plan everything out beforehand too, but I like this way of painting much more. Looking forward to where you go with it.
ReplyDeleteExcellent creation in progress and all your intuitive feelings being processed with delightful colors ~ (A Creative Harbor)
ReplyDeleteFabulous painting! I love the image of a child looking for angels in the flower garden. My grandmother used to tuck little figurines and toys in her house plants, and I remember how thrilling it would be to suddenly see a little face peeking out of the leaves.
ReplyDeleteI think your faces painting is brilliant. Reinventing ourselves as artists keeps us fresh. Its brave and I like that. Wonderful! Happy PPF
ReplyDeleteBeautiful lettering.
ReplyDeleteWonderful journal page.
ReplyDeleteLove the integration of the leaves and figure!
Great quote and reminder from Abraham Lincoln, too. :)
♥♥♥
Happy PPF!!
Mary
Mixed-Media Map Art
Leaves are my favorite and I love your leaf themed page. The symbolic meaning is really great, too. I hadn't thought of that even though I'm also using leaves in my journal at the moment. The colors in your new painting are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteYour first piece is so beautiful and that second one you are working on is gorgeous. I love where you are going with it. It feels so good to process while painting, especially the fun memories. :)
ReplyDeletehello,
ReplyDeleteit sounds as though you are in a wonderful stage of time and life. Your art makes me smile, it is all lovely. The one with faces is quite charming and wonderful.
lovely fall piece and quote. Your WIP is coming along nicely!
ReplyDeleteGood for you reinventing your future!! I love your journal page and the intuitive painting!! The very first time I did an intuitive painting maybe eight years ago it was very scary, my childhood dog appeared, my dead aunt and uncle, my deceased mom...it was so freaky. I painted over it!! Now I have, as you can see on my blog, cartoon type illustrations of goodness know who...I have no idea!!
ReplyDeleteI loved searching for faces in your flowers, I saw two big ones!! Interesting all the different perspectives. As soon as I saw your faces come to light, I could see them all so clearly.... Loved this post!!
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Your journal page is beautiful, and I'm so glad you have joined "Fall Fearless and Fly." I love your faces and how it the faces appeared out of a previous canvas. Your grandmother gave you a great gift!
ReplyDeleteGreat paintings! I love the colors! It seems I do a lot of reevaluating this time of year....maybe it's just a head start on my New Year Resolutions. ;) HPPF!
ReplyDeleteGreat angel in the flowers painting, what a fun way to work! HPPF.
ReplyDeleteI so see YOU in that top painting!!! Enjoy the invention of creating yourself, your life. Each day is a new opportunity isn't it?
ReplyDeleteIn the second I see dream images...never too many. I like it.
What a beautiful entry for the first FF&F challenge! I love the painting of the face and the warm, gorgeous colors.
ReplyDeleteGreat post and I agree that we should work on things that excite us, fill us with joy! I love these faces!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! I 'm enjoyng too with the challenge!
ReplyDeleteHere from Fall Fearless and Fly. You do beautiful work. My dad would always ask me what I saw in his paintings. So yes, I can see your faces and, even more importantly, understand how you came to see them.!
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