Red Posies

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A return to my primitive flower doodles. I just felt the need to splash the posies onto the page. I like how the blossoms pop off the page. My sister liked it too. She claimed it as a Christmas gift before I framed it. I don't know what my family members will do with their Christmas paintings, but I now have more room to store any 2009 paintings. For Christmas I gave myself more painting supplies.

Gingerbread

12 X 9 Canvas Paper

More browns and orange move across this page. The white drizzles reminded me of a warm spicy hunk of Gingerbread. The business of the page reminds me of gingerbread houses and their little decorations here, there and everywhere. The painting is another example of how like a Scotsman I am. It exists primarily because I needed to use up all the paint from the brown string paintings Beep Beep and Whirlwind. Cheap Cheap Cheap......

Whirlwind

9 x 12 Styrene

This piece and Beep Beep are string paintings. This one is the back side of BeepBeep. Here though the fall winds blow the leaves into a frenzied dance. One of the elements of the string paintings on strene that fascinates me is the versatility of the views. One's personal preferences determines the position of the painting on display. Like with Whirlwind, what is the top? Which is right side or left side? Is it a vertical or horizontal? The styrene adds the question of which is front and which is back? Does the paint side show or the clear side? The string promts quandry of what to do with the mirror image? Finish the work as one picture or two? Oh my, so many questions.

Beep Beep

9 x 12 Styrene

Hidden in the underlayer is an image of a roadrunner I guess he's moving so fast he's stirred up everything around him. This is my first time to play with shades of brown. Before I added the orange layer, I kept thinking of an ice cream Sundae. All that chocolate and carmel swarming over the icecream. Yum

Lisa's Gift

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Lisa wanted the Trillium Trio I did earlier. When I went to set it aside for her, I couldn't find it. After she had two VERY bad weeks, I didn't have the heart to tell her I couldn't find her pick. So like a "good" mom, I did a second one for her. This time I painted the background red so the flowers would blend with her apple decorated kitchen. The day I finished this painting, I found the missing Trio. Boy I wish more people would help me get rid of more of my paintings. I'm running out of storage space. I think I've painted just as many new pieces in the last few weeks as I've managed to find new homes for the older pieces. Can you guess what many folks are getting for Christmas?

Kris Mum

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The highlight of this mum has to be the texture of the bloom. The background remains clear as I haven't decided if I want to fill it in or call it a suncatcher. I'm procrastinating on making a decision. (The background remained clear.)

Jungle Beat

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Can't you feel the beat as the objects swing and sway? Here I have joined two 8.5 x.11 pieces to create one picture. The mirror images were created by pulling a few yellow, black and green strings. What's most interesting to me with this pair is the individual touches within each piece. I have no explantation for those differences. Zach had to have this one because he sees a pair of preying mantis in it.

Jubilation

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I returned to play with textures, paint brushes and bright colors. The jublilation was mine as I played around. This piece has no inspiration and no obvious image that I can spot. I simply was having fun. Splish Splash-- after painting this, I needed a bath.

Dragons' Lair

17 x 11 acrylic styrene

This piece is too large for my scanner. Only one of the two dragons can be seen in the blue on the right. His mirror image is on the left with just his nose and smoke showing. I didn't see the dragons, but as I searched for a title, my niece Sara pointed out the dragons. I stole her suggestion on the spot. The piece is actually two 8 x 11 pieces completed as mirror images with blue, yellow and red strings. The plans are to assemble them as one picture.

Dark and Deep

12 x 9 acrylic styrene

I had not been using much black paint until I did this one. As a result the bright green plants found themselves at home in very dark woods. I also managed to use the paint brushed to splash the paint onto the clear support.

Daffy Dilly

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This doozie is a redo. I didn't like the first attempt at all. I had one big problem with the redo. Nothing would cover the purple from the first copy. My solution was to add two light purple flowers. The trick now is can you find the second purple flower?

Poppies

12 x 9 Yupo

OH my, a painting done on paper with a brush. What a novelty. As I worked on this, the poppies we used to buy to honor American Vets popped into my mind. As I thought about those days, poppies seemed to pop off my brush. Does anyone else remember Poppy Days and Flanders Field?

Merry Mum

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This mum just makes me feel happy. I want to dance with it as the confetti fills the air. This piece was supposed to be a suncatcher, but I ended up painting the back a solid blue. It will hang on a wall instead of in a window.

Frosted Tulips

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This faux stained glass is a a wall hanging. Since the back is one solid blue, the sun won't shine through. I'll confess that the frosting was added to cover all the speck and blotches that the plastic picked up as I worked on the project. My philosophy is if I can't avoid a mess, cover it up. I am a very good pretender.

Lonely Lily

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Faux stained glass intended to be hung in the window so the sun can shine in. The image is visible on both front and back. I prefer the scanned image as shown here. I must confess that I never imagined that such a simple image would be as difficult to create as it was. I also needed more imagination to figure out how to hang this suncatcher.

Messy Messy Messy

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Ugh! Working with the smooth plastic surface can get messy--expecially if I get in a hurry. I got in a hurry. Then when I tried to "fix it," I made it messier. SO sho0t me... or shoot the painting. It might make a very good target.

Splish Splash

Pair 12 x 9 Yupo

I'm having more fun with string with this pair. I've scanned them from different directions to show a larger portion of the mirror image. It's very difficult to see the reversal of the images as so much of the whole has been cropped out. That's part of the fun because you can flip and flop each panel to create a new view whenever you like. I wish I could change my personal mirror image that easily.

Trillium Trio

12 X 9 Styrene
This is the first of a series of faux stained glass panels. I absolutely cannot stay within the lines. The process has been interesting, but the outcome has been primitive. I also have not figured out how to suspend the panels so they catch the light.

Sylvan Mist

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These woods are not dark or deep. They are inhabited by fairy sprites who flit about from place to place. Well ,what would you call this one? Remember I rarely preplan a title for the paintings. They simply turn out as guided by the muse as I amuse myself.

AhChoo

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Just looking at the puffs of pollen captured here makes me want to sneeze. Now that a hard freeze had hit us, the sneezes are gone for a while. Now, I'm only coughing.

Monkeying Around

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When I started this one, the most dominant image was a monkey's face. But the more I monkeyed around, the face got lost in the background. Oh well, it wouldn't have ended up looking like a monkey if I tried to make it so.