Friday, November 23, 2012

In Balance . . . A New Face Shows Up



Hope all of my US friends had a nice Thanksgiving yesterday.  It was a quiet one here with just Lou, me, and the pug.  Although I miss having lots of family around the quiet does me good especially lately as I am just a sponge for the crazy energy out there in the world.  I think it is that energy playing a role in shifting my art.

This piece is quickly becoming one of my favorite's.   I was inspired to use colors I typically don't put together, yellow with payne's gray.  I started this once again by smearing the colors around the page with my hands.  Then I stepped back to look for what showed up.  I saw the face over on the right and what looked like it could be a birdie on the lower left.  The heart was the only thing I purposely created when I was pushing the paint around.  I scribbled into the paint and later realized that it looks as though the bird has a string or something in its mouth connected to the heart.  With the eyes off kilter on the face I feel like the bird is trying to balance that person.  

I long to create pieces like this, pieces that tell a story, and hopefully make others "feel".  

I am sharing this over at Paint Party Friday.  
Click HERE to join us!

Also, my work is being featured today over at Julie Prichard's blog for another installment of her Art Gallery Tour!  Be sure to check it out HERE!  

11 comments:

  1. This is a knock out! Great job, Cathy...and THANK YOU for participating in the ART GALLERY tour today! We're having a great time in the gallery ;)

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  2. wow this is terrific Cathy, so strong and full of love. Happy PPF, Annette x

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  3. the composition is terrific and the color combo is dynamite! very cool!

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  4. Absolutely, your picture tells a story, I enjoy thinking about it. Blessings, Janet PPF

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  5. I love the birdy and the face! A guiding spirit to help us along is what the bird feels like to me. I like the composition.

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  6. Great page, really strong images. Congrats on your gallery tour, too.

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  7. Very powerful, intense and touching! Happy PPF!

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  8. i am loving the way you are puling images from the backgrounds, sometimes you an amaze yourself with what you see. :)

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  9. I really like this, Cathy. There is something whimsical about the new face. I wonder if that is a reflection of your progression out of recently trying times. It makes me happy, this composition. Just what I needed today. ;->

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  10. Very dramatic and expressive art.

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  11. Love this and love the story about how it came together.

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