Unusual for me...site specific, Kettle Cove, Maine. This is a soul healing place for me, along the Maine coast. linda

The acrylic painting with oil pastel accents below was a joy to paint. Spontaneous act of creativity...I am satisfied with the painting and enjoy looking at it. It is hanging in my living room right now and I always smile when I look at it. I consider calling it Wild Flowers. Any suggestions?
linda

The pastel paintings are below this note. Above the note is the acrylic painting which was done with painting knife. I like to use the knives I have. They are works of art in themselves. I use the Holbein painting knives which are difficult to find. I bought my knives from Black Horse Fine Art Supply in Vermont. They are expensive but certainly worth the money. I have had mine for many years and they are just as good as new. The acrylic painting is called Inside a Wave.

linda

Today is another grand day. I have been reading artist's blogs, keeping up with my favorites, and looking at some great paintings, both representational and non-representative. The published paintings today will be posted separately. I have done them this past week or two and they are ready. The first two are done with pan pastels. I find I can be sensitive to the medium and substrate and enjoy the feeling of moving the pastel across the paper. I am using Stonehenge paper again and use it most of the time. I also use a sanded paper, Art Spectrum. Even with the Stonehenge 100% cotton I can get at least three layers down before the tooth fills up.

I wish those who celebrate Easter a blessed and joyous day!

linda

I did paint yesterday. My choice of pastel colors is an unusual one for me. Hope to finish it soon and post here. In the meantime I am posting paintings that are recent and have not been posted here....they are on my old blog: http://www.scribbles-photos-paint.blogspot.com/. I am using this blog from now on, significant in that this blog is part of my new 'me' and new way of painting. Abstracts are the most challenging for me and perhaps why I do mostly them. Today is another of many recent gloomy, rainy days. My schedule is busy and ends with a wonderful treatment, osteopathic manipulation, given by Dr. Zorski. That will really be wonderful.

The epiphany is ongoing....it is a new day now and I am as awake as ever. I feel excited by my changing world. I have started this blog as a renewed person, renewed by faith in a Universal Spirit I sometimes call Creative Spirit, as well as other names of meaning to me. I am a new person in many ways, some too personal to describe here. This month of April will serve as a transition for me....a transition from my old way of 'being' to my newly found essential 'me.'

This painting is pan pastel on Stonehenge paper.

Recent Pastel Paintings

I thought I would end my blogging day by posting three recently completed pastel paintings. They were inspired by my experience of water: ocean, stream, lake. I especially am drawn to the ocean and visit my favorite seaside stops as often as possible. There are a few places I would like to live in the Southwest, however, I cannot leave the Atlantic seaboard....not unless I could bring my ocean with me!
Both paintings were done with pan pastel on Stonehenge paper. Both are 9" x 12."

It is a new year. Today is the beginning. I am grateful for yet another epiphany in my life. Today I was the recipient of new intangible art gifts through my browsing other artists' blogs and websites. I have learned so much today and today I want to commit myself to further explorations and contacts with other artists through their blogs. There is a whole world I knew about but didn't know how to "get in." Through Micael Chesley Johnson's own blog I found this world. Today has been a grand trip through art making....yes a grand and wonderful day. Tomorrow I shall paint!