journal page, handmade stamps and collage papers

choose your companion wisely when 

traveling through the desert

ink and acrylic

since january i have done a painting a day

through february.  it was so enjoyable that 

i have continued.  i am also taking the amazing and generous

misty mawn's online workshop, art entwined.  i have taken her

workshops for three years now.  she always offers more

than you can wish for and from it a supportive online

community of artists collect to share.

 i will be posting some of the

pieces in the next few weeks.

acrylic a la andy warhol, self portrait

collage using a copy of an original painting

have a lovely weekend.

it is unseasonably warm here 

in southern california.  today in the 90's.

redondo beach, sunset

posting with paint party friday.  thank you 

eva and  kristin who have hosted the party for 4 years today

and to all of the artists who participate by sharing

their beautiful work

day 19, 30 paintings in 30 days challenge

long winter nights, mixed media

i am trying new color combinations, 

seeing  how i like them.  

random picture...

i saw this at a gift store and it gave me a chuckle.

day 18, 30 paintings in 30 days challenge

thinking of you, mixed media

this is a painting after my mother's japanese style 

wooden badminton paddle.   the paddle sits in 

the window sill of my studio so i see it 

every day.   i also have the image

on the screen of my iphone.  my 

husband says it looks cartoony but

i like it as is.  she's not to be

a gorgeous model, just 

a sweet japanese girl.

29 faces number 2

acrylic, pencil, pan pastel, collage

i started late posting with 29 faces and will

post as many as i can.  it's a travel month 

for me.   also, i realize that i had one of the  

iphone  buttons on so the color in these

photos are not true.  i like it though.

the painting is more blue than green.

now off to boil more papers :)

thanks for visiting today.

day 5

29 faces

this morning i started with an unfinished early collage 

sitting in on a closet shelf.    i find knowing i will paint a painting a day 

is a soothing thought.  i know that i will spend

whatever time it takes to discover what painting 

will emerge.  there is no conflict, only a focus and 

willingness to be with the process.

after more paper and glue

and then completed.

according to the authors of creative collage techniques, 

collage was first used about 200 bc after paper was invented

in China.  but it wasn't until the 10th century in japan that it became 

widely used by calligraphers to accompany their poems.

i like thinking that perhaps some of my ancestors where early

collage artists and poets. 

a poem by hermann hesse

translated by robert bly

sometimes

sometimes, when a bird cries out,

or the wind sweeps through a tree,

or a dog howls in a far off farm, 

i hold still and listen a long time.

my soul turns and goes back to the place

where, a thousand forgotten years ago,

the bird and the blowing wing

were like me, and were my brothers.

my soul turns into a tree,

and an animal, and a cloud bank.

then changed and odd, it comes home

and asks me questions.  

what should i reply?

sunset from redondo beach looking at palos verdes where i live

Blog Break

 without intending and with no notice, 

i took a blog break.  it is a reflection of 

my summer mind.  

i have been painting,

cutting and pasting, 

drawing,

working in my journal

and trying to stay cool on my deck.  

i hope you have had a lovely summer too.

XXO

  

Ynesta

magazine images, acrylic paint, pencil, gesso, caran d'ache

Even in her inception she faced the light.

Bringing to mind a fire 

burning from within,

 a desire to live life

 to its fullest.  

One did not forget 

a meeting with her.

So present yet

 her heart held

 memories of times past.

xxo