New Art from Old Faces

Around 2005 yr I painted a series of ACEO/ATC on 140 lb watercolor paper with acrylics. Once I got started painting the mini-portraits for which I call my Divas, I could not stop. I ended up with about 126 little paintings of woman from different cultures, ages, etc. that just popped out of my drawing hand. All kinds of faces. One of my major objectives and reasons for early retirement was to explore my art once again. During my life time I have put it to the side for something or someone else or tried to make money from it so I could live by my paintings alone. Aside from taking care of some major health issues, I plan on dying with paint in my hair. That may sound morbid to most of you, but a person with the love (rather NEED) to create would understand.

I have been watching YouTube videos for the past several weeks and trying to get enough nerve to start my art.  The inspiration has been incredible as I expose my enter muse to that of so many other mixed medium artist. I would like to thank Suzi Blu, Millande and Paula for sharing their words of wisdom, silliness, creativity and talents to the world via the Internet. They have inspired me to do art for art sake just like I started when I was four years old and saw my first jars of color over 50 something years ago.

I hooked up with my old artist friends (several years since we sat together) and seeing them had my muse doing handstands...people who speak my language and share my love!!! Whoo-hoo. Thank you Colleen, Shirley,Tina and our protector, Stanley. They introduced me to a drawing technique called "Roly-Poly".  Making them were as fun as the name.  When I learn how to post photos and stuff I will share what we did at a later date. I am a newbie to this electronic age and have a lot to learn. So as I continue my travels through this part of my life, I am excited and feel like that little girl on her first day of kindergarten who was directed towards jars of color and handed a giant paint brush and instinctively knew what to do with it. God is good.