Pondering Again

Imagine Total Freedom to Be.....

...whatever it is you want to be.


------>>>>>Finished Collag-ifitti------->>>>>

I thought I would share this WIP, which is really just about done. I'm just going to look at it for awhile tonight and decide what else I want to do image or word wise to give this collage-iffiti more depth (((cancel that...I finished it tonight and edited my draft t :))). My goal is to complete 10 pieces by next week so I can start selling my work, both online and in a store nearby. So, to accomplish that goal, I've been busy with getting backgrounds started. Hmmm...getting things started...I'm quite good at that~it's the finishing that I need some pushing on! But who doesn't right?
Here's a backwards view on how I put this together. You can see in the background the tissue paper that I added on to the painted image. Thank goodness for cropping. You can't see all the other shtuff I have everywhere! To the left you can see my new favorite paint tray....the stryofoam meat sits on....it is a great tool to use for paint, glue, all sorts of mediums. And it can be re-used a multitude of times! That's my very weak attempt at being green!



And this is how it all began, which actually looks quite good too....I might be inspired to do some plain black and whites soon!

The green and blue background is going to a watery type of scene. I imagine a mermaid or seahorse emerging from the depths of this collage to be . I just need to find a mermaid or seahorse image...somewhere...anywhere, cuz gosh knows I have not one in my collection (small collection).

And this little sunset gem may have led me to a much bigger commissioned work by fast becoming best customer, my dear co-worker P. He wants something similiar, but on a grander scale for his bedroom. Yippee skipeee!

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I had this conversation today about why it is that I have waited until I'm 38 years old to really start back on my writing and creating art again. Hmmmm good question. I think I touched on this in another post, but I guess there are many reasons. I think lately (over the last few years), I've been more in the mindset to create from my hands and heart. I could climb the corporate ladder if I wanted to, but I have chosen to have the best of both worlds....be in a middle management position that makes decent money, but yet not so taxing onmy time, so that I can be mother, too. Yet there's still a void. A lack of passion about what I'm doing. That's not to say I don't do the best job that I can day in and day out at my day job. But it works for me now because I have stability and it affords me enough flexibility to be a halfway decent parent. So now I'm trying to fill the void by spending a portion of my free time honing my dusty talents/hobbies/skills/what have you. And who knows, maybe one day I will feel that passion about what I do in my career and home. The true best of both worlds.

Imagine
Total

Freedom

To

Be....

Lucy