Hummingbird 1
Hummingbird 1
This painting was painted when the Paris attack happened. It seemed to me I needed to give myself this day to try to focus on peace, on the celebration where human beings can be amazing in a kind and loving way. There is much focus on the destructive part of humans today for obvious reasons. I am not avoiding the problem of evil, but I will not support it either. I will recognize it but give energy to the good, the enlightened and the positive of amazing. The power of people to care, create change and to love.
Which brings me to these 2 paintings that are called Humming bird 1 and Humming bird 2. These 2 paintings are themed around wisdom, life, thought, beauty, and joy and also recognition pain, disappointment and sadness.
Both of these paintings were a literal mess to start, like how I felt when I saw what happened in Paris. I didn't know if I could pull these drawings off and I didn't know if I could find my way out of the deep sadness. I had to fight with myself with my sad and confused feelings I had today and how to find my way out of them into something that I could process, accept, love and then find hope. I was and am trying to understand the "why" of the Paris attack? I decided to use my art supplies to help me. I let my art supplies guide me. I would let whatever art stuff felt good help me to shift.
Firstly, cutting out a piece of my coloring book, the wee hummingbird (which I find so beautiful, delicate and incredibly powerful), and pasting that there, then finding inspirational papers and words (something out of myself, not from me but outside of me), music scores (for the power of music), written words (freedom of speech), and joyful wrapping paper, (who doesn't love presents?).
Then I said to myself, "you need to release that negative energy, play,,, play with the inks", "self you always have fun when playing with inks". I let myself become totally absorbed in the process of playing and exploring, finding the child inside me.
And of course, then I gave myself permission to love and forgive, with one of my favorite mediums, colored pencils. Of course, I love drawing people who have experienced life and are wearing it on their faces. They are just so beautiful and inspirational. I chose these two wise women to help guide me and remember to always love, honor, think, check your own behavior by checking your moral compass...look around you at what is important in life and living. I used strong broad strokes and deep colors and worked with both light and the dark.
After this entire process and not having confidence that I could break free of the world pain and death, I gave myself permission to feel, express myself and create.
I kept thinking what these women would say to me. We can either add to the negative or we can work our way out of it and find where you need to be and what you need to think. Therefore out of my chaos I created, I am finding my balance again, that is the gift of creating art.
A3 Derwent watercolor paper for watercolor pencils, collage:wrapping paper music score, book pages, stamps, spray inks and gesso. The subject (women) fabercastell polychromos colored pencils.
Which brings me to these 2 paintings that are called Humming bird 1 and Humming bird 2. These 2 paintings are themed around wisdom, life, thought, beauty, and joy and also recognition pain, disappointment and sadness.
Both of these paintings were a literal mess to start, like how I felt when I saw what happened in Paris. I didn't know if I could pull these drawings off and I didn't know if I could find my way out of the deep sadness. I had to fight with myself with my sad and confused feelings I had today and how to find my way out of them into something that I could process, accept, love and then find hope. I was and am trying to understand the "why" of the Paris attack? I decided to use my art supplies to help me. I let my art supplies guide me. I would let whatever art stuff felt good help me to shift.
Firstly, cutting out a piece of my coloring book, the wee hummingbird (which I find so beautiful, delicate and incredibly powerful), and pasting that there, then finding inspirational papers and words (something out of myself, not from me but outside of me), music scores (for the power of music), written words (freedom of speech), and joyful wrapping paper, (who doesn't love presents?).
Then I said to myself, "you need to release that negative energy, play,,, play with the inks", "self you always have fun when playing with inks". I let myself become totally absorbed in the process of playing and exploring, finding the child inside me.
And of course, then I gave myself permission to love and forgive, with one of my favorite mediums, colored pencils. Of course, I love drawing people who have experienced life and are wearing it on their faces. They are just so beautiful and inspirational. I chose these two wise women to help guide me and remember to always love, honor, think, check your own behavior by checking your moral compass...look around you at what is important in life and living. I used strong broad strokes and deep colors and worked with both light and the dark.
After this entire process and not having confidence that I could break free of the world pain and death, I gave myself permission to feel, express myself and create.
I kept thinking what these women would say to me. We can either add to the negative or we can work our way out of it and find where you need to be and what you need to think. Therefore out of my chaos I created, I am finding my balance again, that is the gift of creating art.
A3 Derwent watercolor paper for watercolor pencils, collage:wrapping paper music score, book pages, stamps, spray inks and gesso. The subject (women) fabercastell polychromos colored pencils.
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