For the
collage theme over at Art Journal Journey this week I have continued using up
old scraps and failed paintings.
The above
was a collage I started years ago and never finished. I think it was at the beginning of my tea bag
painting phase. The trees are dried gum
leaves.
This
collage is a combination of three failed works!
I pasted them onto a large sheet of card and then added some
leaves. The tea bag in the centre I left
unpainted as I thought it might get a bit too busy.
Now I don’t
know if this qualifies as a collage as it is digital.
I used a
watercolour of some apple blossom, a photo of my Mothers wedding day, (the two
ladies with her are my grandmothers.
Christmas is a time of family and I feel the need to honour these ladies
as they are no longer with us.) I also used
some bits of lace that I scanned.
Tah Dah!
For Paint
Party Friday, I finished the painting from last week thanks to a suggestion
from Denthe and others. Denthe suggested
that I paint the bird looking at the girl as if it was going to take it from
her. That really hit the mark for
me. I am going to call the painting The Last Flower. The birds are upset that she has
picked it as now they will be hungry and there will now be no flowers to form
seeds and feed the earth. I think the
girl has realised too late what she has done in her mission to smell the
beautiful scent.
People who
have looked at my last post for Sunday Sketches will recognise the bird as the
Tui. There is a reason that I have been
painting them a lot. My younger brother
had a stoke 3 weeks ago. As children we
were very close, but in late teenage years we became estranged. A couple of years ago I got in touch again
with him and we have been developing a relationship again. As children we use to spend holidays with our
grandmother and she still worked some mornings so we were dropped off at the
National Museum in Wellington and we took turns at what we would look at. Dave was keen on birds so I drew them and he
took notes from the displays. Then we
would make a project sheet on each bird for our Grandparents.
I think what we also like the most was when
Grannie picked us up and took us to fancy restaurants for lunch. She let us choose whatever we wanted. I think that is where I got my love of fine
food!!
When we got
in touch again Dave would send me photos of birds that live around his home in
Canberra (Australia) His favourite NZ bird is the Tui, so I am painting a series
of cards for him. Below is a painting in
gouache that I am going to frame for him.
It is so
sad he is only in his fifties and his wife is dying of breast cancer. They had just got back from Mexico where they
had gone for treatment for Liz. It is
not working unfortunately; I think the stress of it all plus other family stuff
caused it. So, if could please send your
prayers or healing vibes to Canberra, I would be grateful.
That’s it
for today
Hope you
all have a wonderful week and thanks for visiting.
