Cabin in the Snow

I have to give credit where credit is due and in this case, it's the late Bob Ross. What an amazing man he was. I never fully appreciated his talent until recently. This "Cabin in the Snow" is a Bob Ross inspired piece and I love it. Still working to get the water right, but man, he has given me so many tips and tricks that I'm painting like a mad woman now! :) Thank you Bob. This one's for you ~

Across the Universe

Tried my hand at a couple "universe" pics and I LOVE this!! I will be doing much more like these two in the future. The most wonderful thing about paintings like these are the sky's the limit; you can use any combination of colour and pattern you like. Whatever is appealing to you, you can just go for it. This is about as close to abstract painting I'll ever get. :P

Autumn Dream

Been a while since I've visited - a lot has been happening since my last post and I am in such an amazing place in my life right now. The poetry and painting is pouring out of me. In fact, I'm considering actually buying a table at one of the craft shows in the fall. Working diligently on some paintings for that. Here is one that I did recently ~

This one is called "Autumn Dream"

Mother's Day

Now that both of my girls have a child of their own, I wanted to give them something meaningful on Mother's Day. These were the paintings I decided to complete. :)

Christmas Projects - 2013

Okay .. .....so this is a little over due. Alright. A LOT overdue. Been busy with life changes and the like but I did find the where-with-all to at least photograph my projects. My sisters were so impressed with the results that they immediately rushed out after the fact to pick up several christmas balls for me to paint and sell for next year. (Speaking of which, I should get started on those if I ever want them to be completed in time - yes, I know it's only June, but I also know myself well enough to know that I procrastinate incessantly and trust me....these will not be done on time if I don't begin immediately. )

So, without further adieu, I present my very quickly, but lovingly completed Christmas balls and Trinket Box, (my mom loves lady bugs). I have several balls, boxes and miniature canvas on easels to keep me going for the next several months. Will update with pictures upon completion. :)

Inter Lacrimas et Lactum (Amidst tears and sadness)

"I shall, if I can, defy this fate, even though there will be times when I shall be the unhappiest of God's creatures ... I will seize Fate by the throat. It will not wholly conquer me! Oh, how beautiful it is to live - and live a thousand times over ! " ~ Ludwig van Beethoven


I know something of happiness
And yet 'twas not discovered with smiles
But suffered through anguished tears

You could not be witness to the affliction
But surely I am bleeding
Upon the mischance of my darkest fears

~   *   ~

What a superficial lover is fate
She warms you with her loving embrace
Then betrays you with a twist as cruel as hate
Leaving you nothing but your hapless life to retrace

~    *    ~

I live only in and for the music
Ever and always the impassioned call of the muses
Echo through my soul, and still I am despaired

By this cursed silence outside my mind
Wandering hand in hand with the demon of envy
Causing more suffering than this malady has impaired

~    *    ~

That which drove me almost to despair
And from my friends forced me to flee
Also inspired a strong conviction to be bared
A cognition fate plainly held, when she kissed me

~    *    ~

I live
I breathe
I bleed
and always . . . I play on



Note: It must be credited to this brilliant artist for not only the inspiration furnished me to write this, but the title of the piece as well.  -- ever does he move and inspire. 

Temptation

Life now moves to the rhythm of you

It dips into the flavour of my desire 

directing ripples of colour through

my black and white haze

I want to taste your music

to move inside your symphony 

where the walls cave around me

in an earthquake of ecstasy

I want to sway

to kiss the essence of your mystery

to pull it so tightly to me, all the edges

of love spill out the sides and cover me

And when I have consumed the elixir of your soul

I shall long to taste it once more ~