Posts Tagged ‘goddess series’
Friday, February 4th, 2011
 In the last (72) hours, I have somehow reversed my schedule. Meaning, instead of sleeping at night and being up during the day, it is vice-versa! So today, I am trying to correct this reversed order by staying up all day.
So far, so good, I will be unbearable around 7:00PM, but I’m hoping to last until 8:00PM and then I will go to bed for the evening. I’m looking forward to going back to my regular schedule of 5:30AM to 10:30PM.
This reverse schedule usually happens when I stay up too late, painting! I get excited over some aspect of the painting, I’m working on, I pull an all-nighter. :)
This was particular piece was created around 3:00AM, this morning. I think I was dreaming with my eyes open. I remember seeing a quick glimpse of a beautiful face with a turban on her head, and then she disappeared in a sea of color!
I know this has something to do with my goddess series, but this goddess, decided I was too tired to give her a proper welcome, so she did not fully materialized! I hope this goddess comes back. But for now, she’s a mystery and this painting is a puzzle to figure out.
On another note, it’s Friday again, freezing cold and icy outside, but instead of staying in and enjoying the warmth, I’ll be bundling up and going for a brisk walk. Maybe I’ll see my next painting out there, but then again, it may just be a walk to keep me awake!
Have a great weekend and get out if you can, cold weather lets you know you’re alive!
Peace to you all.
Tags: Awake, Cold Weather, Dream Sequence 10, goddess series, http://indigeneart.com, Illustration Friday, Indigene, Orange, order, red, Reverse, Sleep Patterns, turquoise, Violet Bule, Vivid Colors, walk, white, Woman with Turban, yellow
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Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
While doing some cleaning and dusting, I came across a bag of pretty autumn leaves. I love the colors of autumn. I remember taking these leaves from a beautiful tree. So of course I stopped cleaning and looked for the photos of the tree it came from.
I’m one of those people that look at trees and always see people or some sort of magical creature, so I usually stop and snap a photo, since it’s usually on the road and I don’t get a chance to sketch and explore it until I get home. I find trees fascinating. Here’s a reference photo:
Well, to make a long story short, I never finished the dusting (the cleaning is ongoing)! My creative flow took over and I spent the next few days working on this image. Here she is, a dryad, a tree spirit, I’ve named her “Autumn Leaves”. Autumn is a part of the “Goddess Series”.
January is an ideal month for getting your office together, since it is after the holidays and everyone seems to be in recovery mode. It also helps that it is (7) seven degrees Fahrenheit outdoors! My creative flow is up 1000%.
Perfect hot chocolate weather, that’s where I am, indoors, warm, snugly, creating and happy!
Define your happiness today. Always in peace.
Tags: acrylic paint, Arches paper, Autumn, Autumn Leaves, clean, color pencil, creating, creative flow, Dryad, dust, goddess series, Graphite, green, Happy, Indigene, Indigeneart.com, January, office, Orange, Peace, red, snuggly, spirit, Tree, watercolor
Posted in Art, General, Studio Time, Work | 17 Comments »
Friday, January 14th, 2011
 ALA - Ibo Goddess
Last week, she was just a pretty face, with a splash of blue in the background sitting on my easel. Voila, this week, she is making her debut.
ALA, also spelled ALE, ALLA also known as ANE - Earth Mother Goddess of the Ibo tribe in Nigeria. Creator of the living and Queen of the dead. Provider of communal loyalty and Lawgiver of society. Her symbol is the crescent moon. She is still worshiped by the Ibo today, who pay tribute to her each year during the Yam festival.
Ala is a part of my Goddess Series. I think this series may be ongoing for some time, since there are thousands of goddesses from all over the world clamoring for me to paint them! Feminine Energy is rocking the world now and forever!
Ala’s Vital Statistic: 30″ x 22″, mixed media (Graphite, layered with many layers of watercolor paint and finished with acrylic paint).
(Inside info: Ala’s face is based on a beautiful young woman who now lives in South Carolina, and her baby bump was fashioned by a lovely mommy who gave birth to a lovely little girl, in January last year! Thank you ladies!)
Original Price: $800 – Unframed, plus S/H - Limited Edition Prints of (150) Signed and numbered – $75 Unframed plus S/H. All framing would be an additional cost.
I’m in the “nookery” (another word for my art studio). I’m just humming with creativity and joy! I have so much that I’m working on now. I am working on images from my Southwest Landscape Series. I took an extensive trip to New Mexico and took over 700 reference pictures and also did numerous sketches. There is something about Taos, New Mexico, that just does it for me, I was so feeling the vibe of artist, Georgia O’Keefe.
I’m in the “Nookery” (another name for my art studio), humming with creativity and joy! I am also working on some commissioned work, which I’ll post about another time in the future.
Well, it’s Friday, I stop work at 7:00PM, when I will kick back with the family, have a nice glass of Champagne, listen to world music, chat about our day, eat some comfort food and then watch “Legends of the Guardians”. Hmmm…I can’t wait!
May you enjoy what makes you happy and healthy. Peace to you all.
Tags: Africa, Ala, Ale, alla, ane, Art, Artist Nook, Commission work, communal loyalty, creativity, Creator of the Living, crescent moon, Debut, earth mother, feminine energy, goddess, goddess series, http://indigeneart.com, Ibo, Indigene, indigenous tribe, Lawgiver, Limited Edition, nigeria, Nook, Nookery, Notes From the Nookery, Original Art, Queen of the dead, scales of justice, Studio, Studio Nookery, tribe, Unframed, West Africa, Yam, Yam Festival
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Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
After some surgery, I’ve been at home resting and looking out of my living room window. I happened to see a cardinal eating from the bird feeder in my neighbor’s yard. I always see cardinals as the seasons changed, and they always whisk me to another dreamy zone. I am captivated by their color and songs. I love cardinals and hummingbirds, they continually rescue me from the mundane and add a natural sparkle to my surroundings.
I dipped into some of the work I’ve done in the last couple of weeks, and this little darling came to the rescue! Color enriches life and this Cardinal Goddess has given way to spring time happiness! Just what a girl needs to perk her up!
Dip into and Enjoy the Spring, it’s finally here and in color!
Always in peace.
(Note: I removed the actual Cardinal Goddess picture, because it may have been infected with malware, and Google reported indigeneart as suspicious; the site is currently under review for the warning to be removed, and I will re-upload the image at a later time. Thanks for all the comments!)
Tags: acrylic paint, Art, bird goddess, Cardinals, color, color pencil, dip, Dreams, goddess series, Graphite, Illustration Friday, Indigene, Indigene Art Forms, Indigeneart.com, mixed media, Myths, red, rescue, Season, song, Spring, watercolor
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