Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Oranges Poranges

This is my latest abstract painting of a collage I made. Oranges poranges, oh yeah!~Witchy Poo of HR Puff-n-Stuff fame...
So, Lisa made a good point in her comment regarding housework, etc having to be creative. Maybe those of us who find it difficult to do the not so creative stuff in life should go about this in a different way. Maybe we need to see it in a more creative way...as an example of our creativity. For example, decorating a home is creative expression, therefore why couldn't cleaning also be creative expression? Like brushing paint onto the canvas is to a painting so should house cleaning be to the home? Too deep? I'm not sure if I've even sold myself on this. I need to think on it some more...

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

My Creative Life







I still haven't gotten the chance to weed my garden, but the flowers appear to be thriving despite my neglect. I only just recently started "living the creative life" full time, and with the onset of that came the disorganization of my home life. I often wondered why people used to make such a big deal about women, primarily mothers, balancing work with home. I get it now.
Creating art everyday has become somewhat of an obsession of mine. I worry about two things when it comes to my art. 1). That I've started "this" too late in life and I don't have enough time to produce and /or make it productive and 2). that this creative "frenzy" I feel will end (like it has before when real life interfered) and it'll all be over. I hate when its over. I just want to create and create and create. Therein lies the problem. Nothing creative about vacuuming or doing the dishes. Or weeding the garden, although planting my garden had been an expression of me...

I just need to learn how to balance my home life with my creative life. Or maybe just realize that if I just devote an hour in the morning to the housework, I CAN have it all...

Ok. Enough about all that. While I was neglecting everything except my children this week, I created the Niagara Falls collage and finished "Art Comes From Your Heart". The Niagara Falls collage (better name yet to come) needs a really gaudy, by that I mean ornate, gold frame around it. I need to shop the flea market tomorrow...

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

But wait! There's more!

Oh, and did I forget the new septic system being installed??? The pic is sideways.
I almost forgot this one!

Busy, busy, busy





































June is typically a busy month with everyone in my family having a birthday, except for me. And don't forget Father's day! And then I recieved more calls than usual for work. Through it all, I was able to work a little in my studio. A little....








So here are some pics of what pays the bills and what I hope will pay the bills. Oh, and another intruder spying through my windows.