Thanksgiving in Florida

It is upon us...the Holiday Season.

Many of my orchids are blooming or in bud.  

I thought I would share just a few

King George Serendipity

Chocolate drop

A brassavola I tied to the tree about five years ago

Mac Holmes 'Newberry'

No art today!  Just wonderful natural blooms that are giving my Thanksgiving color.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Frustration with technology

My issues with Blogger continue.  Now they tell me that I have to use another browser.

They "think" Safari is the problem.  So, we have a problem.  I am not using another browser.

I will continue to visit all of your wonderful, inspiring sites but you won't be 

hearing any of my thoughts.

So this week I was in a frenzy.  I had had a couple of uninspired weeks so I went back to 

an old favorite paper, yupo, and an old technique and went to work

Our collage/mixed media class had assigned a junkyard.  I had a lot of fun with this one.  I am a messy sort anyway and this was right up my alley.

Wishing all a wonderful Thanksgiving.  And Happy PPF

Reworks

It is 87 degrees here in Florida and has been warm all week.

Yesterday I went swimming.

I have had a couple of open wounds for the past six weeks and couldn't swim so it was a great

treat to be back in the water again.  However, it is hard to imagine that it is November

and the Holidays are upon us.

Last week I shared a dancer that I had done for my new class at the Art Center.

Well, she didn't pass the test so I got to do what I love best...rework a canvas.

I had done a collage frame before so there is a lot of texture on the canvas.  I put scraps of sheet music in the center and then painted and collaged my flamenco dancer.  No class this week so I have to leave it alone till next week.  Abstractions are a struggle for me but I love them.  I guess Have a rigid brain (I am sure my three kids would agree with this).

Wishing everyone a Happy PPF.  I will try to visit each site but am still unable to comment on most sites.

Painted tissue paper

A good week!

I already know that the class I am taking at the Art Center is a winner.

Our first class we painted tissue paper...don't laugh.  We used sponge brushes on wet tissue that was stuck to a white trash bag.  We then were assigned to use the tissue as collage in something we created at home.  My topic was "dance"

Dance like no one's watching

I used the tissue as the frame on this one.

I now have enough painted tissue to last me the rest of my life.  My file bag of collage paper is so heavy I can hardly lift it.

Then yesterday I resurrected a painting I had done a couple of months ago and essentially

spilled all of my frustrations on it.  I am not sure that it improved, but the process put me in a 

great frame of mind.

And now for my technical difficulties.  For the past few weeks I havent been able to comment on most of the blogs I visited.  Only a few of them would show my comment.  The rest disappeared into the great beyond.  It was suggested that I clean out our "cookies" which I have done.  We will see this week if it helped.  If you have any ideas, please share them.

Wishing you all a Happy PPF