SHEESH!
(a fantastic expletive my Grandmother Gingie used that I say myself now)
It has been so long since I have been able to paint. My art has been stuck for a while(a long while), but I am happy that it is going again and I plan on keeping it that way. Here are a few portraits I have finished for some extremely patient and Saintly folks! Thank you all! Now that I have my momentum back, I am taking on new commissions. Please let me know if you are interested.
"Gizmo"
Mixed Media on Cotton Rag Paper
Finally! My portrait of Gizmo! He is a beautiful black cat with regal features and yellow/gold eyes. His lady thought he must certainly being wearing gold Gothic Style Crown-But of course! She also loves orchids and gardening so I added a bit of both in the foreground. She left the rest up to me. I created a boarder at the top with Medieval style floral designs and then wrote out one of my favourite quotes about cats by Leonardo Di Vinci. I finished the piece by stamping a seal on hot red wax to give it a feel of the time period. And, most important, everyone was happy with the finished piece! Yay! What a sweet little cat face to look at for the whole of process. Dearest Gizmo, now I love you too!
"Katinka and Her Toto"
Another commissioned piece, "Katinka and Her Toto" was a painting I did for the multi-talented artist Katinka Pinka. Toto was her sweet baby and had died several years before. She wanted a portrait of both of them wearing fancy crowns and left the rest up to me. Because I know and love Katinka, the end result is what comes from a person saying, "you do your thing". On her face, I painted tribal face markings which have become my own and which I have been doing in all forms of my art for over 20 years. They are the result of my love of cultures all over the world how lucky I have been to travel all over to. I threw in a rainbow of colours as well since Katinka is so colourful inside and out-how fun!
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The black dots high on her cheek bones are really special to me. They show up on almost every painting, photograph, self portrait photograph, art doll or any other art piece I do.
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The black dots high on her cheek bones are really special to me. They show up on almost every painting, photograph, self portrait photograph, art doll or any other art piece I do.
The black dots high on her cheek bones are really special to me. They show up on almost every painting, photograph, self portrait photograph, art doll or any other art piece I do. If I need some extra "POW" to get through my day, I draw them on with black liquid eye liner and have for years. Katinka surprised me by getting these marks tattooed on her face! Wow! They look amazing on her! I am for sure and for certain flattered. Perhaps I should do the same?
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I also added a poem I wrote as I was finishing her piece-just as I went to sign it. I couldn't help it. Sometimes these things happen in just a few minutes because I am not a poet or a writer so it has to be an easy thing. So, she got a poem and has to take it. I didn't expect to hear anything but, "YES MAM!" from her. Here is that poem-nothing fancy, I love you Katinka!
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I also added a poem I wrote as I was finishing her piece-just as I went to sign it. I couldn't help it. Sometimes these things happen in just a few minutes because I am not a poet or a writer so it has to be an easy thing. So, she got a poem and has to take it. I didn't expect to hear anything but, "YES MAM!" from her. Here is that poem-nothing fancy, I love you Katinka!
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of toto and katinka,
the love and joy they share is such
that the angels sing and all matter of beings bless bliss
surround and entreat them to follow,
never once without the other
before or ever after,
they swell and grow knowing that
the 2 sustain eternally,
from the starry skies
where their souls reside
and back to the rich, black earth
of their bodies birth
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More paintings to share! Now that I that I back to my drawings and paintings, I am happy to take on more commissions-Please contact me if you are interested.
