Indigene Art Forms

Exploring Life Through Art

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Bear In Mind

Warning: Get your sunglasses!  Warning: Blinding vivid color! Exploring,  the concept of animal totems and nature-based stories, there is a lot to be learn through nature, especially the animal kingdom. I adore bears and not just the cuddly plush toys.  It's the real bears that I have an affinity for.  The quiet, swift,  adaptable, solitary, very protective of their young, independent, wild and ferocious bears. These traits are human traits, too! Many we can identify with. Many indigenous cultures, have myths and legends where animals are the main characters. The stories play an important role in teaching and continuing  native traditions ... Continue Reading »

Sitting With The Flux of Vulnerability

On my artist date today (a date with myself and art, outside my studio); I ran into an old acquaintance. It was a brief and lovely encounter. But what stood out to me, was when she asked me, "How are you?" I blurted out that I was in flux. When I saw her puzzled look, I quickly smiled to put her at ease, since the word "flux" sounds chaotic to some. Yet, it best describes where I am right now. The word, Flux means "continuous change, instability; constant movement. I sometimes take the meanings of words from the dictionary and in order for it to have meaning and relevancy to my life, I add a spin on it. Flux is one of those words. Why, ... Continue Reading »

Swarming with Dreams

It has been a long week full of exciting things, that I will reveal in time. It has also been a week of taking care of the daily things in the routine of life; you know the stuff, that you do, but you really rather be doing something fun.  Oh well, there is always dreams... So after dreaming about birds again last night, lots of birds, lots of birds flying, the whole dream in blue, I decided to post my dream sequence  image of swarming birds...:) Sometimes dreams help solve problems or give answers that exist or are needed in the conscious world, but sometimes dreams are just crazy nonsensical dreams. But, how do you tell?  I'm open to ... Continue Reading »

Iconic Dread – Layering Process

As part of my "Dread" Series, I've created another painting which has an iconic presence. Icons in general culture  is more like a  symbol — for example, a name, face, picture, or even a person readily recognized as having some well-known significance or embodying certain qualities or maybe that represents something  of greater significance, usually associated with religious, cultural, political, or economic standing. The painting began as a graphite drawing, layered with color, then layered with more color...again and again! The whole process of creating is a layered project, which begins as an idea sparked from a creative ... Continue Reading »

Cold Creation

Winter is a time of quiet, hibernation, renewal, cold, waiting, rebirth and the mini death of nature's plant life. Is is also some of the darkest days. Living on the northern east coast, means a ritual of heavy sweaters, overcoats, hats, scarves and gloves. But, it can be a time of great reflection, curling up in a natty sweater, lighting some candles, listening to music, pondering something as small as "getting a snack" or more significant like "what can you do to make your life more meaningful?" With ice or snow covering everything, I tend to look up and notice the sky and stars. It's wonderful to see the night light of the stars, so ... Continue Reading »

Reverse Order

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 ... Continue Reading »