Beach Music

This is this weeks project.  I think I will call it Beach Music.

It is paint and collage and a bit of sand on the bottom.
And then I was off to a class with a painting friend of mine.
We collaged, dripped and dropped paint and then did a loose floral on top.

The best news at our house this week is that an orchid that hasn't bloomed in five
years, did.  And I hadn't even seen the bud so it was a complete surprise.

Isn't it beautiful???
Wishing all Happy PPF and a happy Memorial Day for those in the US
Have a wonderful weekend.

More Redos

I was back reworking old stuff this past week.  I added some color to the flower and now it feels finished.  Weird how sometimes just a little touch of something puts your mind at rest, and you can sign and be done with it.

This was another redo.  Actually it was a yellow and blue acrylic "dump" that I had done some time ago.  I cut an inch off the bottom and an inch off the side and made the weave in the top

right.  I rolled it all with blue and then red violet, keeping some parts protected to preserve

the yellow.  This is done on yupo paper,

This was a bit of play with my favorite paynes grey paint.  I like to paint colors and then cover them up and scratch into them.

I am still playing around with the newspapers from our vacation.  I love the look of the background but haven't found what I REALLY love on it yet

This was a pretty playful week.  It is getting hot out on the lanai where I like to work so will have to shut it all down soon.  

Wishing you all a Happy PPF

This tiny little Maxillaria doesn't look like much but smells like coconut.  I love it when it blooms.

Studio Time

This week was a wild one but in the midst of it, I had three blissful hours at our ArtCenter.

I met a friend and we did what we wanted and encouraged each other.

Great for whatever ails you!

I was thinking about Mother's Day, my mom and my mother in law both gone now.

Wishing all the moms out there a Happy Mothers Day 

and 

Happy PPF

Vacation Time

Once again, we had a wonderful vacation cruise with Windstar Cruises.

We started off in Lisbon and ended up in Barcelona, with some beautiful, amazing sites along the way.

Odd things catch my eye.  Where ever we go, I love the cobblestones.

This time, I got to watch a fellow laying them outside a restaurant where we had dinner.

It was fascinating and  he is an artist and probably doesn't realize it.

Newspapers also always jump out at me.  I love the look of the foreign languages on the printed page.

So when we got home and got a bit rested I had an idea.

I glued down scraps of Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese and Moroccan papers

Added some transparent paint.
I covered it with plastic and pressed into the paint.














Then I drew out my cobblestone pattern on poster paper, cut each stone out and placed them on
the dry paint.  I then rolled with an ochre to get the spacing between the stones

So this is the finished product.  If you look closely, you can see the print in various languages.

So this is my memory of our travels.  I refer to cobblestones as a common language we all share.
Whenever we travel, I look forward to seeing them again.

It is always good to be home.  My orchids  seem to thrive while I am away.  On return my weirdest orchid, dendrobium spectabile was blooming.  What it lacks in "beauty" it makes up for in scent.  It has a wonderful light scent.

Wishing all a Happy PPF!