New Art Additions
As I was looking
through my art files recently, I came across some art that somehow escaped me
posting it both on my blog and in my online gallery at Fine Art America. How could that happen?!? LOL!!
In any event, here are a few of those pieces, for your enjoyment (I
hope!).
Otherworldly Sunrise
- Tauranga
When on a cruise to
the southern portion of our world, I stepped out onto the balcony from our
stateroom early one morning, and was greeted by this incredibly low-key
sunrise. It’s a bit of a misnomer to
call it a sunrise, for, as you can see, the sun is actually quite high in the
sky. It’s the cloud cover that painted
everything in sort of a golden grey. I
felt as if I had stepped into another world.
Beautiful Monarch
One day, when I was
exploring, I came across a Monarch butterfly perching delicately on what I
believe is some Queen Anne’s Lace. The
photo image was nice, but converting it to this digital sketch really captured
the feeling I had while watching this fragile looking beauty.
Times Past
I was playing around, trying a bit of a new technique with my
digital art, and ended up with this piece.
I began with an image I took several months ago, while driving along a
new “photo op loop” as I think of it.
The image spoke to me of a past time in history, and I worked with a
distressed background and some specialty brushes to enhance that message – a written note, back when
everyone learned to write in cursive (however horrid our handwriting might have
been!), and an old clock face, before digital numbers told us the time. All are examples of times past, as is an old
windmill, used to pump water for the old farm house it inevitable stood close
to. There are few of those reminders
left, and I feel bad for those who live in a more urban environment where
“progress” had demolished these parts of our history.
Hidden Story
The old barn that is the focus of this piece, reminds me of
lives all around us that have portions of them held close, and hidden to much
of the world around them. People may
share a portion of their life story with us, but many people have pieces that
they don’t share, that remain hidden.
Sometimes, it’s embarrassment, other times, its fear of judgement, and
there are times when some things are just too painful to keep reliving. This piece is an acknowledgement that all of
us have those hidden stories within ourselves.
Beautiful Places
This digital watercolor piece started out as a casual photo
image of my patio table with some flowers to be planted, a watering can, and a
pair of gardening gloves sitting on it.
It evolved into a sketch which was digitally framed and became part of a
larger piece with a lovely quote about gardeners to complete it. It is something that will always remind me of
the spring planting season!
Enjoy!!
