It's My Party (and I'll cry if I want to)

 Here’s what’s on my easel this week.   The photo is a bit darker than the blush colored painting.  

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It's My Party

20 x 16" Mixed Media on Canvas

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The drips and direction of this recently completed abstract painting , ’It’s My Party”, clearly showed me a female face with white hair, and tears from my first acrylic drips, that I enhanced with a few features, marks and symbols.  She seemed to name herself.  

Tears can be very cathartic. I think they purge the body of toxins and stress, leaving us with a clean fresh start. 

I usually have about 8-10 paintings going at any time, as I wait for them to dry between layers. This mixed media piece, ‘Reach For The Sky’ was started some time back.  I hope you enjoy it!

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Reach For The Sky

20 x 16" Mixed Media on Canvas

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My art is now represented on my Etsy store as well as my website.  Here is a link in case you ever want to take a look. There is a sale going on with 25% off fine art through the end of November.  Feel free to share the link with others.   I am still loading pieces as I find the time.  The good news is that Etsy allows for payments for larger pieces of art, an option not currently available on my website.  If you see a piece that you like on my website, but it is missing from my Etsy Shop, let me know and I will add it.  

“In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

I plan to show some unconditional love this week, and hope you will as well.

Artistically, 

Diane

Intuitive Art Discoveries

I was behind getting my blog out.  Here is a past issue.

The Swimmer

14 x 18 " Oil On Canvas

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I finished an intuitive piece that started without any ideas or direction- just colors of paint.  II then knew the direction in which I had to go with it.  A simple blob of brown and some aqua ended up as ‘The Swimmer’, after a few marks and lines. 

I was sick for the past week, and failed to get a lot done that I had planned to carry out.  However, in the past couple of weeks I did, donate paintings for Galas auctions. The Forsyth County Humane Society is a no-kill shelter that has become affiliated with our Suwannee-Cumming Art Center.  Those who know me well know how much I love and respect animals, so that was an easy choice.  I also donated a painting to The Music Academy of NC for a friend.  The proceeds will be used toward their program for less fortunate young musicians to pursue their dreams. 

Roswell Fine Arts Alliance Gallery latest Exhibition, “Dark Side / Light Side”, shows art with wide transitions in values.  The gallery is open Fridays and Saturdays from 11 am- 4 pm on Fouts Road in Roswell.  Stop in to see some of the works of its many gifted members.  You can also see some art by Members by following their Roswell Fine Arts Alliance Facebook and Instagram pages; or purchase art on their new Website Shop at https://www.rfaa.org/shop . Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get my photos together this quarter.   I should be ready closer to Christmas when they again change out the art in the Shop.   

Many of us like to start Holiday shopping early once the weather turns cool.  I’m offering a 35% Discount on my artwork to all Subscribers of my newsletter throughout October.  

“An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision." ~James McNeill Whistler

I hope you all have a very productive  week.  The weather in the Atlanta area should be absolutely perfect! 

Artfully, 

Diane