finally back in

I AM ALWASY  FORGETING  THESE  PASS WORDS..

REALLY PAINTING... WITH A  MISSION..

ENTERING  THE  ARTFUL GIFTS SHOWS AS  WELL AS  TEACHING  SEVERAL CLASSES

MY NEXT  CLASSES

WILL BE  OAKRIN ON TUESDAYS  FOR THE  NEXT  12  WEEKS

AND  MASTERTHE  POSSIBILITY
STARTING  IN OCT  ,I WILL TEACH WATERCOLOR  WITH PASTEL AS A  MIXED  MEDIA .
]THIS  CLASS WILL  RUN ON MONDAYS  FOR  5  WEEKS.

I WILL ALSO  TEACH  A DRAWING  CLASS. STARTING  IN NOV AND  GOING INTO DEC.


NOW  I REMEMBER  WHY I HAVE  NOT  BEEN PUTTING  THE  PAINTINGS  I HAVE  BEEN DOING  IN.THEY WILL NOT  LOAD ONTO THIS  BLOG.

I WANT TO BLAME AOL AND  THE  PROGRAM  THEY TALKED  ME  INTO  USING. IT HAS  SLOWED  AN ALREADY VERY OLD  COMPUTER  TO A   CRAWL. I THINK GLACIERS MOVE  FASTER. OK I DID  GET  TWO PAINTINGS  TO CATCH. I APOLOGIZE  IF  THEY ARE  REPEATS.

I AM PROUD  OF  THE  PAINTING  I DID  OF  THE  DIVER AND THE  CORAL REEFS... IT   GOT  A  RIBBON.  CAN I GET IT  TO UPLOAD,,NOOOOO

TRYING AGAIN

CAN YOU TELL I WENT TO A  BEACH. I ALSO WILL SHOW  PAINTINGS  AT THE  ARTFUL GIFTS  GALLERY . THE  THEME IS  THE  BEACH..

TUES AUGUST 2

REALLY HAD  A  PROBLEM GETTING  ON TO THIS  SITE. I HAVE  BEEN PAINTING ALOT. BUT  HAVE  NOT HAD THE  PATIENCE TO DEAL WITH COMPUTER. BECAUSE  I BOUGHT  ANOTHER  TOY. AN IPAD. THERE  ARE  ISSUES  THAT ARE  NOT  APPARENT  IN THE ADS  FOR THIS  TOY.I BOUGHT  IT  SO I CAN  TAKE  A  PICTURE  OF  WHAT  I AM SITTING  DOWN TO PAIN PLEIN AIRE. OR  WHEN I AM AROUND  PEOPLE  DOING  SOMETHING I THINK WOULD  MAKE  A NICE  PAITNING..BUT  PEOPLE DON'T SIT  STILL...LONG ENOUGH.  ANYWAY TH E CAMERA AND THE  SIZE OF THE  SCREEN WILL HELP  THESE  OLD  EYES,

HOWEVER, WHEN SETTING THIS  TOY UP, YOU HAVE TO  GO ON ITUNES AND  GIVE  YOUR  FIRST  BORN CHILD.. KIDDING  BUT THE   INFORMATION.. THE  HOOPS  I CALL THEM THAT  YOU HAVE  TO JUMP THROUGH  ARE DISCONCERTING TO OLDER  PEOPLE LIKE  ME. HAVING  SAID  THAT..I FINALLY PREVALED.

LOTS  OF  TIME  SPENT ...THO..

HERE ARE  SOME OF THE  THINGS  I HAVE  BEEN ABLE  TO PAINT  LATELY,,
WELL I TRIED  TOUPLOAD  PAINTINGS..MORE  GRIEF  IN DOINGTHIS.

I WILL TRY  MORE   LATER..

COMPUTER  IS  SO  SO  SLOW,,

JUNE17TH TRYING AGAIN

NATURE'S PLAYGROUND

I LOVE  STREAMS AND  ROCKS AND  I LOVE  CHILDREN PLAYING ,,,UNORGANIZED  PLAY...CREATING...DISCOVERING...

SEA SHORES ARE  LIKE  TREASURE BOXES...

PORTRAITS  TRIED  IN WATERCLOR  FROM  A  LIVE  SITTER

PLEIN AIRE  PAINTING AT  SHALOM PARK,,,SANS  YOGA  CLASS,,,

I WANT TO THANK  THE   PERSON WHO WROTE  TO ME.. WITH A  COMPLIMENT ...OF  KEEP POSTING... I HAVE  BEEN AT T HIS  FOR AN HOUR,,AND  SEVERAL CHUNKS OF TIME  FRUSTRATED  BY THE   WORDS  SERVER  REJECTED.. LOVE AND HATE THESE  COMPUTERS,,

BUT  MANY THANKS  TO THE  PERSON WHO  WISHED  ME  WELL ,,IT  ENCOURAGED  ME  TO CONTINUE.. REGARLESS THE  FRUSTRATIONS....

JUNE 17

I HAVE  BEEN PAINTING  ALOT.. JUS T BEEN LAZY  ABOUT  BLOGGING. AT TIMES I AM CONSIDERING PAINTING MONTAGES  MORE... HOWEVER,  THEN I GO OUT TO THE PARK OR  A LAKE  FRONT  AND  I AM DRAWN  TO THE SCENE AND  RECORDING  IT 'S BEAUTY JUST  BECAUSE  IT IS  THERE.. AND  I CAN..
I AM HAVING  TROUBLE UPLOADING  PICTURES  AGAIN.

ANYWAY.... THIS  PASTEL PAINTED SCENE  IS  FROM THE  BASE OR  BOTTOM OF  MINGO FALLS.. I REDID  THE  RIGHT  HAND  SECTION..

THE  WATERCOLOR BELOW, IS  JUST A  CREATION FROM  MY MIND..OF  LOST  AND  FOUND  OBJECTS.. I TRIED  TO PAINT  A MORE  3 D EFFECT BECAUSE  I WANTED  TO ENTER A SHOW  OF   THREE DEMINSIONAL  LOOKING   OBJECTS,

may 13

 Painting on location waterfalls, streams, RIVERS. BUT THE LAST  PAINTING WILL HANG ON MY WALL WITH ALLTHE  OTHERS THAT  HAVE A  STORY.

SO MANY OF  MY TRAVELS  HAVE  BEEN DOCUMENTED BY MY PAINTINGS . THEY  HAVE  STORIES ATTACHED  TO THEM. MOSTLY WHEN AND  WHERE   BUT  A FEW HAVE  STORIES  ATTACHED THAT  ARE  NOT  EVIDENT  BY THE  PAINTING'S APPEARANCE. LOOK AT THIS  ONE. DOWN THE  STREAM ARE  PEOPLE.  AS  I WAS  PAINTING, I REALIZED  THERE  WAS  A  CHILD SCREAMING NOT  WITH HAPPY JOY BUT  FEAR. I  BEGAN TO RUN TOWARD HER. HER  DAD WAS  HOLDING ANOTHER  CHILD AND   TOO FAR  TO HELP THE   CHILD WHO HAD  WANDERED  TOO FAR  FROM HIM TO HELP HER.. SHE  WAS  BEING   PUSHED  BY THE   RUNNING  WATER AND   COULD NOT  RIGHT  HERSELF IN RELATIVELY  SHALLOW  WATER. AS  I REACHER HER, I TRIED  TO COAX  HER  TO WALK  AT  A DIAGONAL.. I WAS  TOO HIGH TO STEP INTO THE  WATER. AS  I LOOKED  FOR  A PLACE TO ENTER  AT A LOWER  LEVEL, A  WOMAN WHO I HAD  SPOKEN TO EARLIER, CAME  RUNNING  WITH A  BETTER  IDEA...SHE  WAS  CARRYING A  BRANCH.  SHE    ALSO PLUNGED  INTO THE  WATER  TO HELP THE  CHILD.. I WAS  ABLE  TO REACH THE  WOMAN AND  FORM A WAY TO GET  BOTH TO THE  BANK, I LEARNED  HER  NAME WAS  MARIE AND  AN ARTIST  AND  PROFESSOR. THE  CHILD 'S  NAME  I AM AFRAID  LEFT  MY MIND AS  SOON AS  I HEARD IT.. QUITE  AN AFTERNOON.

TUESDAYAPRIL26

I CHANGED  THIS  PAINTING .. TOOK OUT THE  FLOWERS  AND  REPLACED  THEM WITH SMALLER VERSIONS..

PLUS  I STARTED  ANOTHER  ONE.. THAT  I WANTED  TO DO IN THE  FIRST  PLACE.. I AM GLAD  I WAITED.. I GAVE IT  MORE  THOUGHT .. AND  I SAW  ANOTHER  ARTIST'S PAINTING WHERE  THE  REFLECTIONS  OF THE  TREES AND  THE  SKY TOOK OVER THE  PAINTING... AND  MADE IT  SO MUCH MORE  INTERESTING THEN TRYING SHOW THE  TREES AND  SKY ABOVE THE SHORE  LINE.

THERE IS  A  DESIRE TO SELL A  PAINTING.. OF  COURSE.. BUT  STAY TRUE  TO THE  WAY I SEE THINGS.. SO  ...I AM TRYING TO PUT THEM IN A DIFFERENT  PRESENTATION.. ...

THIS PASTEL IS  FROM SHALOM PARK. OPAP  WILL PAINT THERE SATURDAY.

MONDAY

FIELD  OF  WILD  FLOWERS  THIS  SPRING .. COOL MORNING ..TO PAINT A  LOVELY  SIGHT. PASTEL IS  SO GOOD  FOR THIS  SUBJECT  ALTHOUGH  I AM VERY TEMPTED  TO REURN WITH WATERCOLOR  AND  ALSO  OIL.. STAY TUNED.

GLAZED  WARM COLORS  OVER   SHAPES OF  FLORIDA FAUNA AND  FLORA

FRIDAY APRIL 15

TO SAY I HAVE  BEEN BUSY WOULD  BE  AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
BUT  ACTUALLY I HAVE  BEEN DISTRACTED  MORE  THAN  USUAL.

I AM SO TRYING  TO PAINT  WHAT  I KNOW BUT  IN A  WAY THAT  SHOWS  CREATIVITY

THE  CANVASES  OF  DIFFERENT SIZE AND  SHAPE  ALLOW  ME TO NOT  HAVE  TO PAINT  UNIMPORTANT AREAS.. BUT  ALSO CALL ON ME  TO BE  MORE   SEARCHING AND  CREATIVE.  I ALREADY KNOW  WHAT  I WANT TO DO NEXT, 

I WANT TO FINISH THE  OAK TREE AND  AZALIA  PAINTING  WITH   "FINISHING"  TOUGHES.. I FEEL THAT  TH E  AZALIA   BUSHES  ON THE  LEFT  CANVAS  ARE  TOO  BIGHT.. SO I WILL  GLAZE  A HAZE.. OR  FOG INTO  THAT  AREA TO THE LEFT OF THE  TREE..

SUNDAY

IT  IS  HARDER  FOR  ME  TO GIVE  IN .AND  ACCEPT THAT  I CANNOT  COMPETE   OR  GET  SOMEONE TO  BUY MY PAINTINGS.. SO I AM TRYING THIS  NEW  FORMAT..

I HAVE  SO MANY IDEAS   OF  WHAT  I WANT TO PAINT.. IN THIS WAY..

THIS  IS  OLD BORING  SQUARE  FORMAT.. PASTEL OF  A SECTION OF  BEACH FROM NOVA  SCOTIA

THURSDAY CONTINUED

VINCE

SYLVIA

THE  FINI  OF THE  PAINTING I SHOWED  EARLIER  AND  SOME OF THE  WORKS  FROM OTHER  ARTIST IN   THIS  MORNING  OTOW ART  GROUP.

THURSDAY

ALWAYS  WONDERING . AM I REALLY PAINTING WHAT  I WANT TO PAINT  OR  AM I TRYING TO PAINT  TO POTENTIAL BUYER?  I HAVE  INVESTED  HEAVILY INTO MY PASTELS. I HAVE THIS  IDEA  OF PAINTING IN THE  MONTAGE METHOD AND  YET  I TAKE  ON  SINGLE SUBJECTS.. I LIKE  TO PAINT  WITH LOOSE  STROKES AND  LOST  EDGES BUT  AM PROUD  THAT  I  CAN PAINT  SHARP DETAIL.  I SEE THE  IMPORTANCE  OF PAINTING ON ONE SIDE OF THE  COLOR  WHEEL  (HARMONY)  BUT  LOVE THE WAY  LIGHT   BOUNCES  COLOR OFF  SURFACES.. FLOWERS ... CLOTH.

HERE  ARE  A  FEW  THINGS  I PAINTED  LATELY... I HAVE  SINCE  FINISHED  THIS  DEMONSTRATION ,,, I WILL  TAKE A  PICTURE OF THE  FINISHED  WORK AND  POST  IT  LATER.

THURSDAY ST.PATRICKS DAY

I WILL TAKE  PART  IN A CRAFT SHOW  AT THE  QUEEN OF  PEACE  CRAFT  SHOW THIS  WEEKEND.

I HAVE  PAINTED  ON WOODEN PLAQUES...FROM  MY PICTURES  OF  NORTHCAROLINA AND  ITALY. I WILL ALSO HAVE INFORMATION OF  WHEN AND  WHERE  I WILL TEACH  MY NEXT  ART  CLASSES.

FRIDAY MARCH 11

NEXT SHOW WILL BE  AT THE  QUEEN OF  PEACE CRAFT  SHOW, MY FIRST  TIME TO TRY THIS AREA. I WILL BRING MY SMALL PAINTINGS .  I will  bring some of my italian paintings also. here  are  some of the  students

"s  work I  taught  this past  month.

I WANT TO BE  MORE TRUE  TO THE  COMMITTMENT  I MADE  WHEN I STARTED THIS  BLOG. IN THAT  I HAVE  BEEN PAINTING ALOT  BUT  HAVING  TROUBLE  GETTING THIS  BLOGTO WORK . I GET  FRUSTRATED  WHEN ALL THE  BELLS AND  WHISTLES DON'TY  WORK.

TUESDAY FEB 8TH

PAINTED  YESTERDAY TRYING TO FINISH SEVERAL PAINTINGS  THAT  I STARTED  BUT  DID NOT FINISH.

TO LIVE A CREATIVE  LIFE, WE  MUST  LOSE  OUR FEAR OF  BEING  WRONG. (PEARCE)  BUT THIS  IS  FROM   A BOOK BY  JULIA CAMERON CALLED THE  ARTIST 'S WAY. THIS  IS  FROM A  PAGE IN THE  BOOK  THAT  TELLS THE  READER  TO PROTECT THE ARTIST  CHILD  WITHIN.

TOO FAR  TOO FAST AND  WE  CAN UNDO OURSELVES.

WHEN PEOPLE ASK  ME  WHICH MEDIUM I PREFER. DOING  WHITE  CLOTH AND  CHILDREN'S  FACES.. LOVE THAT  PASTEL.