self-portrait wednesday

Week 2 of self-portrait Wednesday. Would love to hear of other artists joining in! Lauren http://paintersartjournal.blogspot.com/ has had a go. Let me know if you’re in too by leaving a comment.
Today I am feeling a bit sad. My Grandmother’s husband passed away suddenly, after going into hospital with heart fibrulations. [...]

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The quiet after the storm

If anyone asked me, I’d have described myself as fairly calm. Not too much really bothers me, and I manage to roll with most situations. I even managed to plan and paint this upcoming show with 4 paintings to spare (just couldn’t fit them in) with just 8 weeks notice.
The past few days [...]

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Roadside Blessing

Finished. She’s called Roadside Blessing.
I went through a few variations in this one and finally settled on a woman and a dog. The power poles in the distance are a play on the ‘roadside memorials’ we have in Australia in ever-increasing numbers. They always make me sad and a bit spooked [...]

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unfinished business

2 full days left until I need to hang the exhibition. I need to paint the titles on the back of my works, attach screws and wires, finish the sides of a few of them, finish waxing a few, do all the labels and attach them to foam-core board. Not to mention the [...]

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I couldn’t resist

This is one I ‘finished’ about a month ago. I hadn’t sealed it yet because it was niggling at me. It originally had a wallpaper of goldfish swimming around – with a black wash over the top. I liked the fish – they were random and swimmy and swishy, and unfortunately not [...]

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Postcard People

I’m finally waxing my little people. They are sitting here drying gently and waiting to be buffed to a gentle shine. Quite a nice feeling, and a beautiful smell while it’s happening.
Minitaures fascinate me. I have done a few small contemporary ‘portraits’, and sold 5 last year. It’s something I will [...]

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Self-portrait Wednesday

I thought it might be fun to start doing this every Wednesday.
Right now I am happy, excited about the upcoming exhibition, looking forward to painting this afternoon, and wearing some pants that I made for myself yesterday morning.

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First came fire, then came flood….

It’s only a week to go until We have to hang the exhibition. Eeek! and Hurrah! and Arghhhhhh! and Oh Lord, what if I don’t even sell one painting, and Ahhh – at least once all the paintings are out of the house I’ll have some more room in my studio to [...]

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Dreams again…

I made the decision to do a different piece for ‘She Who Dreams’. I love the dolls, but I was anxious about the amount of strenuous work needed for them if I did have to exhibit (1st prize is a solo exhibition- and I don’t have enough standing by in that series).
I’m more comfortable [...]

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She Dreams

She’s finally finished. A self-portrait of me at 7. Slim and white and with a haircut remarkably similar to the one I have today (though there have been a lot of changes in between). I’m also a fair bit rounder than I was back then.
This doll is my entry into the She [...]

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