Gila Monster....a dream inspired painting.......

I have been dreaming of doing this for a long time.
Might as well not fight it......so......it will stop bugging me in the back of my mind..lol.


So last night I did some photo searching.......alterations..and montage.
Took about 2 hours of graphic work.
First I found a cow skull.........altered it.....( to make it look like a painting ) , then a scenery from death valley, then the top part of a Gila Monster..then the bottom part ( legs )..put them together........and Voila !
I didn't feel like sketching this out..my thumb and forefinger is killing me after all the ''fur'' details of the tiger head. :(
Why do we have to grow old.......and hurt were we need it the most ?

Anyways.....enough self pity....lol

Of course this is just my reference........The Gila will have more brilliant colors.

Something different isn't it ? :)

Can't wait to start....!!!!!!....but I will have to wait till Tuesday.*sigh* I have a lot of appointments Monday........and I can't fit in 2 hours to start.
I will do the sketch on canvas tomorrow though...:)

Enjoy a sneak peek of my dream.......and hopfuly a painting for this week.

better with whiskers.......

lol...I posted my finished ( I thought ) yesterday of my tiger......
Something was bugging me...but somehow I could not put my finger on it.
Then it hit me.......the whiskers were missing....gezz.

Sort of funny if you think about it for a second.

I think I will close my Facebook account, for personal reasons.
I will think about this today.
Right now I am off for a busy day.

My mind is already juggling on 2 subjects for my next painting.

Have a good day...be nice to your friends.....tell them you appreciate their friendships.

This Was FUN ! :)

As the title says.......fun!
I spoiled myself to a 24 x 24 Tiger.
Although it is small....I enjoyed every hour & minute of it.
As usual.......I took crappy photos...lol
hmmmmmmmmm............maybe I should invest and take ''basic'' photography classes.
Or ( wishful thinking ) get an awesome lady photographer I met on line to shoot them.......

well...enjoy. :)
I had a ball painting this cat.:)

starting a tiger....yay !

well...I put aside my tryptique.......( nature )
I had done a sketch of this tiger head a while back.and it has been bugging me all weekend.
PAINT ME.....PAINT ME..............lol
So last night...i sketched it out on a 24 x 24 canvas.
Although I enjoy doing other subjects...tigers are my favorite...so I decided to spoil myself :)

I have a local client ( lady ) and shes waiting to see more of my big cats.
I send her emails every 2 weeks what I have painted..and she likes them.but asks me..when the big cats ?.lol

I am on a selling road right now...very unusual.
Maybe I have more confidence in myself...and more comfortable.
Maybe people sense this ?....I don't know....

I just sent my first portrait painting ( the Uganda girl ) for the Kennair foundation.
So it's out there somewhere with Post Canada.....ekkkkkkkk

Grey day here this morning.....the cats are finally sleeping......time to get the first layers of paint on canvas.

new projects...:)

Well I am off the web for 2 weeks.....maybe more.

It's a good thing..............someones out to hurt my reputation.....on the web.
I can sense in one way....I am disturbing this person......for what reason ?.......hunger for recognition ?..that is an amateur way of advancing their own reputation.

I guess being an artist I can feel theses things very strongly.
I can feel the coldness from some people already....but the intelligent friends I have....... did not change.
I will stick to those.


This will be a good time to re-do my web site......( publish it in a couple of weeks )..paint.......paint.....and paint.
NOW is the time........... :)
My objective is 2 paintings a week......maybe 3. Depending on the size.
I have no hour limits...12-16 hour days.......maybe more or less.

I will be doing a Triptyque.......of nature.

12 x 36 inches each.
one of a leaf..one of river rocks...and the other seashells.
and finishing some paintings I have..........with dust all over them...from lack of time. :)


See you back in 2 -3 weeks.....
And remember to smile at someone...make their day !
And be honest about your feelings to others..they can sense the honesty.

Middel of June.....

© do not copy.

Poperty of the Kennair Foundation.
all rights reserved.

I finished the Little girl for Richard Kennair's foundation.
Richard wants to market her...limited prints......cards.....etc..for his foundation.
I am glad to participate as little or as much as I can.
http://www.kennair.org

I am almost pleased with the overall painting.
There are things that are bugging me......but then..it is my first Portrait.

My BF......had a '' fit '' last night when I said it would be donated.
He reminded me of what happened some years ago..and the lost of 29 paintings.
He also told me to stop....giving away my art.....and personal belongings.
But that is the way I am.......if I have one $..and someone asks for it..well..I give it.
...............Maybe I am not normal.
I guess I do disturb my family with this...as I always end up debating with myself and others about my beliefs and actions.
I do admit...on one or two occasions...people laughed at me....:(

I am not painting today.....I need a break.
After doing the ''portrait ''.......I can see that in one 1/2 month I have gotten some painting skills back.
I will be doing some sketches...for some new paintings.
5 years ago..after my stoke....I really thought my skills would not come back, even though I tried and tried.I guess the part of my brain that was damaged........made another part of my brain to adapt and developed well enough to get where I am today. The human body is just awesome !


I have to find a way to sell myself...and my art. Maybe I will never become a professional artist.....and I do not want to think so..as I do not want to discourage myself.
I am not going to obsess over this..and make it a full time struggle.
One step at a time...haste makes waste.
Art is a lifelong uphill ride, with pebbles and rocks on the path. You have to go though this rocky road, it is part of the path.If you fly over it....you lost seeing and experiencing some of the road.

I was laughed at last week and blocked........without a chance to defend myself......something I said here on my blog...and this person took it personally.(.funny..... it was about some people in my home town........).
This person has one BIG mask....so sweet on the web....to all......gives out an image of perfection........but it's all about selling......promotional....and is in search for attention.....and uses the '' victim '' strategy.Get over it.....we all have problems in life.
Wrong attitude ! Anyways..I do not need hypocritical behavior like this in my life.


I not very good with words....sometimes I freeze up when people ask...about me.......
That is why I postponed the art Gallery exposition in October in Quebec City. ( for a second time )
What am I going to say...to people at the exposition ?
Maybe I need an agent....oh......forget that.........lol...bad experience here...


*sigh*.....:)
Well I will be painting till my funds run out. Anyways........it is my passion....and I am not looking for notoriety.
The paints are running low...I have Rheumatoid arthritis in my right thumb..and forefinger..so it is painful to paint. Writing ( with a pen ) is almost impossible...sketching is hard....but heyyyyy.....that's part of growing old.....and it is part of my ''rocky '' road.


But life is good...and I am content with what I have right now...and making people happy.and smile.is a big part of me.

another day....another lesson of life.

I cannot at all think it is possible to express in words how shameful it is for a person ( what I thought ) of excellence to possess the vice of envy, and how wicked and horrible it is, under the guise of pretended friendship, to destroy ones self esteem and to give out misleading subtile false impressions to others about one..

Without lingering over this mater, I shall simply say here….I am disappointed in this person. It shows just what this person is really is,and will do anything to achieve their goal.

Today……. a sketch on canvas for a foundation.
My first portrait.
The photo was graciously sent to me…..so I am crossing my fingers that I can honor this beautiful photo.




Photo credit: Richard Kennair

© do not copy.

http://www.kennair.org/

sheshhhhhh!

If some of you read this and were on CTS boards in ebay almost 2 years ago...you will understand.
Lots of people helped me while I was in need to save my then , kittens eye.

I had one person ........called lier-lier-pants on fire....( child's saying ) haunt me the whole time.......calling me a scamer...ect.....
my emails....on the boards...
I contacted ebay on this..and this ''person'' was from Calgary. operating system : mac.

It died off with time ..till I opened an esty account.
Someone purchased for 2,000.00 off my store....then left me holding the $ 75.00 fees. I had to close it down.
This was tracked down by etsy.......guess what...Calgary again....operating system : mac.
Then it was on and get this.............youtube !

Most of my ''cat '' videos were turned off because of some music....

just a rant.......I have an idea who this person is.......and I am fed up.
.......Tired.......exausted.....



sheshhhhhhhh. Get over it !.....get a life.......I am sure your going to read this.