Workshop Fun

Here are a couple of pieces that I started at my workshop at The Pottery Studio in Orlando. I just finished them today in my studio. In class, we were playing with doing both faces and landscapes on mixed media collage. I also took some photos of the class working easy and playing hard. I can't wait to see what happens!!

What does perfect health mean to you?

Perfect Health to me means being aware of how I treat and honor my body everyday. It means paying attention to what goes in and what energy goes out. It means questioning my thoughts and taking time to honor my spirit with stillness. Complete homage to my mind, body and soul.

 

I am doing the 21 Day Meditation Challenge with Oprah and Deepak. Come join the group!

​Abundance,  31" x 42"

​Abundance,  31" x 42"

Forgiveness

Forgiveness, 48" x 60"  

I own the copyright for this image of my painting, Forgiveness, since I painted it in 2001.  You can purchase a print of it here at my Etsy Shop.  Obviously, the print comes without the lovely watermark! I have placed this watermark on this image because this image has gone viral around the globe. Many many people are using my image without permission, without compensating me for the use and without even crediting me- to promote their own businesses and projects. That is against the law!! Please respect the talents and livelihoods of artists and photographers by asking for permission to use their art and respecting their pricing if you plan on using it to promote yourself, your work or your livelihood! Good Karma will follow you and your business if you do. 

 

There Will Be Time

I've been reading this lovely poem since they were babies. Still rings true for me.  

 

There Will Be Time

by Peggy O'Mara



There is time still for sitting in cafes in Paris sipping wine.

Time still for going to meet the guru.

There is time still.

Now I am caring for eternity.

Carrying bodies soft with sleep to beds of flowered quilts and pillows.

Answering cries deep out of nighttime fears.

Buckling shoes.

Opening doors.

Pretending.

My soul now is dwelling in the house of tomorrow.

Tomorrow there will be time for long leisurely conversations, for poems to write, and dances to perform.

Time still.

So I surrender now to them and this, knowing it is they who will teach me how to do it all.

 

​The Dream Pages 48" x 60"

​The Dream Pages
48" x 60"

Mixed Media Workshop in Mount Dora

Mixed Media Collage Workshop at Mount Dora Center for the Arts

March 4 -April 8,  2013
Mondays  10:00 am to 12:00 pm - for 6 weeks

Click here for registration

Learn the joys of mixed media collage!  The workshop will address working with papers, fabrics, found objects, and past art work.  The materials used will be the choice of each student, but students are encouraged to incorporate some of their own prior art work into new pieces. The objective of the work shop is to explore new mixed media techniques and excavate each student’s authentic voice in their art.

Members $195                        Non-members $225

 Materials list;

  • Wood panel, canvas board or heavy paper at least 24” x 24” to use a base.
  • Fabrics- cotton, batiks, polyesters, scraps, curtains, tablecloths, linens, new and old that speak to you.
  • They don’t have to be perfect, just smooth.
  • Papers -patterned, tissue paper, wall paper, wrapping paper, maps, old book pages, paper napkins that you love.
  • Found Objects- old letters, keys, pressed dried flowers, ribbon, stamps etc
  • Prior art projects that you are willing to let go of- watercolors, drawings, paintings, photographs…anything except oil paintings.
  • Matte medium – at least 16 oz.– I love Utrecht acrylic matte medium
  • Soft vine charcoal, soft charcoal pencils
  • Erasers
  • Workable or UV charcoal spray fixative
  • Acrylic or latex paints
  • Brushes including 2” finch or house painting brush for applying matte medium
  • Scissors and exacto knife
StorySeeninthePicture.jpg