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Secret Doors

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“Secret Doors” brings fine art to young children by displaying professional-level fine art at their eye level, or about 36 inches high. This exhibit will be produced in partnership with Just My Height Art Shows, an organization devoted to engaging children in art. Central Indiana artists will be challenged to push the envelope and develop textural, sculptural, and interactive pieces that will invite all patrons—but especially young children—to touch, smell, open, close, and view the artwork on display.

My painting, Doors and Ghosts will be one of the works displayed at this unique exhibit, I am thrilled to say.

The opening reception will take place on Friday, October 7,2016 at the The Raymond James Stutz Art Gallery in downtown Indianapolis, a gallery and gathering place brought to you by the creative minds of the Stutz Artists Association.

Selfies

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So the picture you see here was originally a photo taken of me at a wedding and posted on Facebook. I saved it in a file, played around with it on Digital Image Pro (just to see what I would look like if I had no wrinkles or freckles or other “flaws”), reposted the improved version of myself on Facebook, then took a picture of the image on my computer screen and played around with it via Prisma. It’s astonishing to me how it still looks like me. I wonder if I can paint this and actually make it look like myself. Now I should go to bed. Maybe some Graeter’s mint chocolate chip ice cream first…

Full Moon Over Manker Street

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I just discovered Prisma, the app on my iPhone and I am loving the way it turns photos into art. It’s a great way for me to see another way of portraying shapes, light and shadows. I guess it’s cheating, but I’m going to have to experiment with doing one of these. I think it will be fun!

Doors and Ghosts

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When you create a painting, I imagine it’s somewhat like a child – something you gave birth to that will always have a special place in your heart. I forgot to have children, mind you, so I am no expert on the subject. Much like hearing praise for your child’s personality, or other positive attributes, when one of your paintings is accepted for an exhibit, it’s quite a thrill. I just found out today that this one has been accepted for the upcoming Secret Doors exhibit that will take place at the Stutz Artists Association gallery in downtown Indianapolis. I will update this as soon as I can find the date! This is one of my earlier paintings that came about as a result of putting colors on a canvas and letting it inform me. I called it Doors and Ghosts because I have opened and closed so many doors in my life, but there are still ghosts that pop in unexpectedly sometimes. And they’re not always unwelcome!

Playing with Prisma on a rainy day

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Sometimes technology just blows me away, but I can see how one could forego the company of others to play with it, and before you know it, a day has come and gone. These are actual tomatoes from our garden as seen by Prisma.

Water

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I’m a Scorpio, a water sign, if you believe in such things. I do know that my emotions are influenced by the moon, and given that adult humans are 50-65% water, that makes perfect sense to me…

Source: Water

Water

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I’m a Scorpio, a water sign, if you believe in such things. I do know that my emotions are influenced by the moon, and given that adult humans are 50-65% water, that makes perfect sense to me. I love to paint water scenes, especially of areas in the south, and of Mexico, that comprised much of my childhood and a significant part of my adult life so far (not that you could really accuse me of being an adult. I’m just old). Here is what I’m ready to sign. I enjoyed doing this painting so much, and the feelings and sense memories it evoked, that I would be lying if I said it was work. By the way, if you’re at all given to thinking slightly outside the proverbial box, pick up a copy of The Hidden Messages in Water, by Masaru Emoto. It’s a fascinating glimpse at what I consider the intersection of science, namely quantum physics, and spirituality. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Emoto when he came to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to lead a blessing ceremony of Lake Pontchartrain.

So many things I want to paint

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I have hundreds of photographs of scenes I want to paint, some of which are still beyond my skill level. The one above, though, is exactly the kind of landscape I love to paint. It was sent to me by my sister of some pine trees near Grayton Beach, FL. I can’t wait to finish the one I’m doing now and start on this!

Little beautiful things

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I can’t wait to see this sunflower that’s about to happen. Our garden goes through so many fantastic changes from year to year. I planted some orange sunflowers this year, and now that the lilies have come and gone, it’s on to sunflower phase. I intend to keep checking this beauty every day until I see orange. I must say, though, that this is stunning to me just the way it is today.

Sunset in Indianapolis

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Sunsets and sunrises are magnificent. They remind us of beginnings and ends, the cycle of life. This was a particularly lovely one that I plan to paint one of these days.