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he can't help himself.

he has to be right in the center of it all.

| helper |

trying to get a shot of my painting in some natural light,

but this guy wanted to sit right here.

c'mon...he's too cute.

{...little magician...}

i found this little magician hiding

in my painting i am working on.

the heart on her sleeve has been there

for many layers, so i love how it appeared

as part of her.  she has a wand & a sword.

and looks like she playing with fairies.

106::108 magic

I had the most divinely magical thing happen while painting yesterday. 

My oldest son wanted me to do a painting for him - the eye of Horus. 

I started putting layers of paint on the canvas as I always do. 

After about the third layer, I saw my son in the painting. 

I text it to him and he told me that he was wearing 

a white Detroit Tigers hat with a D...

just like his figure in the layers. 

In awe.

105::108 beginning

the canvas that I have been smearing my extra paint

 and wiping my fingers on while working on the other two. 

let's see where it goes...

{ UPDATE }

this is what it became...

.. and here are the other stages ...

98::100 my art

“Art evokes the mystery 

without which the world would not exist…

The mind loves the unknown. 

It loves images whose meaning is unknown, 

since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.” 

~ Rene Magritte

{ a woman appearing out of the marks -

what will she become? }

...here are the iterations of this painting below...

85::100 goddess

{ work in progress - the goddess }

Isis reconnects us with our innate healing powers, 

and supports everyone’s quest - to reclaim their individual power 

& take responsibility for their healing journey. 

She shows us our ability to heal ourselves and to heal others. 

Isis can help to awaken your healing abilities and healing intuition, 

your ability to communicate with the physical body 

and to intuit any needs you may have for healing. 

She empowers you to use the healing power of love and gratitude 

and to raise the energy level of the physical body by connecting to Source.

{ earlier version }

80:::100 paintings

started two more little paintings.

i am seeing two faces...

a man on the left &

a young girl on the right.

77:::100 art

To be creative means to be in love with life. 

You can be creative only if you love life enough 

that you want to enhance its beauty.

~ Osho

63:::100 goddess

A reading influenced my painting.

:: a goddess, a young mermaid

in a shell under water :::

This is the layer I saw them.

Can you?

56:::100 creativity

|| i love the way paintings morph. 

 this one went from Saint Michael to a type of priestess.  

now i am sitting with it so see if there is more. ||

“There is a vitality, a life force, 

an energy, a quickening 

that is translated through you into action, 

and because there is only one of you in all time, 

this expression is unique. 

And if you block it, 

it will never exist 

through any other medium 

and will be lost.” 

~ Martha Graham

{day16} 10 years ago

I had just turned 40.  I had been a single Mom for 6+ years at this point. 

 Looking back, there were a lot of struggles and many times I just wanted to give up, 

but my boys always kept me moving forward.  

My friend, Heather, got me to pick up a paint brush again 

after I don't know how many years it had been...probably 20.  

 I painted for awhile then life took over again 

and I stopped until I took Bloom True in 2013. 

{...into the mystic...}

a new work in progress.

i found her in the layer below...

now to see where see takes me.

{...night whispers...} 28:30

:::layered three different photos for this photo:::

i love how the clouds & moon

look as though they are being breathed

from the lips.

titled: "the night whispers"

:::stopped my car in the middle of the road to get this one:::

my oak & the moon

love.

{...effects...} 21:30

:::i have been loving playing with new apps & effects:::

{...a little sample...}

:: a painterly effect ::

{...creativity...} 5:30

:::first layer of a new canvas:::

"The canvas, which is to say the unconscious,

considers the painter's first stroke,

and then it tells the painter's hand

how to respond to it -

with a shape of a certain color & texture

at that point there.

And then, if all is going well,

the canvas ponders this addition

and comes up with further recommendations.

The canvas become a ouija board."

~ Kurt Vonnegut

{...her message...} 98:108

After the first layer of this painting, I initially saw a woman looking over her shoulder.  

I started working with that image and it morphed into this girl as I painted.  

One of my friends mentioned that she looked shy. 

 At that very moment, I realized her message to me.  

I see her with the feathers in her fiery red hair...so full of joy and innocence and light.  

Then some one tells her in one way or another she can't be her.  

She needs to act or be a certain way.  

She needs to follow the rules and be like everyone else.  

This is where she begins hiding her light.  

This is where she becomes shy & withdrawn.

Her first moment of shame.

{art speaks}

I started two paintings the other night. I felt the need for two...like there is a story that needs to be told. 

 I felt a strong urge to start them. The first one I see three veiled women watching another 

woman walking away - maybe walking to something.  These three women 

have appeared in a few of my painting.  I always feel like they have something to say.

 The second one I saw a larger version of a veiled woman but when looking at the photo this morning, 

I see part of a naked body of a woman lurking in the background.

The more I look at the 2nd one...the figure continues to change - so intriguing! 

At first she seemed like a reflection of myself standing there looking back at me.

Now she appears to be flying or floating...maybe ascending.

Listening to see where She wants to take me...

{painting} The Heart of Mary

The painting I did for my friend is finished and in her new home.
Today, she text me a photo of it hanging just outside her bedroom.
I'm so happy she loved it!  

Here's the progression of the painting...

{Heart of Mary} Painting, a set on Flickr


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