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Never idle - full throttle ahead...

8/19/2011

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I hate to be bored.  
That is why I like my iphone.
  Always something there to keep me occupied.
But painting is better!
Here is what I have been up to lately...
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It is always fun to try something entirely different.

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Working on another in my "village" Series.

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Made a wall of my birch paintings in my gallery.

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I Bee Busy

8/10/2011

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I have been seeing bees everywhere lately and decided it must be a sign.
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As you can see...  this is in progress....
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Water Water Everywhere!

8/4/2011

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I often paint over paintings.   
Thrift store paintings, garage sale paintings.
My paintings.

I was not pleased with one of mine, so I started painting over it and the two paints I was using did some rather fun and interesting things together.

It reminded me of the ancient Japanese woodblock prints of ocean waves.

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I did not finish this one as the paint reactions got me too excited to go and "try" to see if I could get that effect I wanted!

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The paint did not do what I wanted it to do.   It was pretty adamant about what it wanted to do.
Danged it the paint was right and I was wrong - cause this came out just the way it did.
It reminds me of the view if you were in a boat at the bottom of a BIG swell of water in a story ocean.
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This one did not behave according to my whims - but I still like it.
I have a limited supply of that wonderful dark blue house paint that I have been using for this technique - so I will continue on until the gallon is gone.
* FYI *
Since I use a lot of found/leftover/freebie house paint, I have found that the expensive brands of paint are really and truly better paint.
Behr - Lauren - Divine - etc
Just in case you decide to go and make art with house paint.....
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