TO THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE...
All layers found on Google Images.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
CHALLENGE #30...UMBRELLA...
GRANDMA'S SILK UMBRELLA...
All Layers are my own photography...except the rain found on Google Images and the heart made on Photoshop.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
CHALLENGE #78...ART...
SKIN CANVAS...
Artwork Masterpiece by Jean Igres
Additional layers from Google Images artists unknown.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
CHALLENGE #93...FALLING...
FALLING...THE INCREDIBLE GRAVITY OF LOVE
Five different layers of the same Google Image picture.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
CHALLENGE #13...DAWN...
THE FACE OF DAWN...
Background my own photography, the woman's face is from Wikimedia.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
CHALLENGE #98...PUZZLE...
THE ETERNAL PUZZLE...
All layers from Google Images except checkerboard made on Photoshop.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
CHALLENGE # 70...A BRIDGE TO FAR...
GOING FAR...
All components from Google Images except sign made on Photoshop.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
CHALLENGE #71...WIND...
WIND...
Both women were painted by John Waterhouse.
The background and foreground were created on by me on Photoshop.
Friday, February 4, 2011
CHALLENGE #49...STRIPES...
READ BETWEEN THE LINES...
Background and geisha from Google Images.
Zebras from Wikimedia.
Rainbow my own photograph.
Rainbow my own photograph.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
CHALLENGE #39...DREAMS...
Fish, key, clock & butterflies from Wikimedia
Ocean, sand & woman from Google Images.
The wave concept was borrowed from a picture I saw once...artist unkown.
The wave concept was borrowed from a picture I saw once...artist unkown.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
CHALLENGE #66...REFLECTIONS...
VANITY...
Two John Waterhouse masterpieces
mirror, bottle and rose from Google Images
checkerboard floor made on Photoshop
Sunday, January 30, 2011
CHALLENGE #6...REVOLVER...
IN MY LIFE...
The Beatles Revolver album cover by Klaus Voormann
Blood & gun from Google Images.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
CHALLENGE #36...WHITE..
A WHITER SHADE OF PALE...
Background from Wikimedia
Vintage Girl & Roses from Google Images.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
CHALLENGE #12...GOLD...
ALL THAT GLITTERS...
Wikimedia...Coins & gold brocade quilt
Google Images...Burial mask, girl in hat, sunset landscape & Compass.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
CHALLENGE #100...SECRETS...
REVELATION...
All components are from Wikimedia...with exception of small gargoyle from Google Images and the rainbow is my own photograph.
All components are from Wikimedia...with exception of small gargoyle from Google Images and the rainbow is my own photograph.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
CHALLENGE #32...NIGHT...
NIGHT MAGIC...
Google Images...Night sky, lace, tree, owl & John Waterhouse painting.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
IMAGINARY REALISM...
Michael Parks one of my favorite artists in the Imaginary Realism category. His beautiful washed colors and combination of subjects both real and imaginary is always intriguing.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
HOME SWEET HOME...
Here are some visually delightful homes painted by Daniel Merriam...one of my favorite artists. These are really great houses but it's a long drop to get to the car.
Speaking of homes I am going to be moving my creative blog home to my new blog site The Whimsy Asylum... I will post all my cyber art there. I hope you will all stop by for a peek...and feel free to move right in.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
A WHITER SHADE OF PALE...
She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,'
though in truth we were at sea
so I took her by the looking glass
and forced her to agree
saying, 'You must be the mermaid
who took Neptune for a ride.'
But she smiled at me so sadly
that my anger straightway died
If music be the food of love
then laughter is its queen
and likewise if behind is in front
then dirt in truth is clean
My mouth by then like cardboard
seemed to slip straight through my head
So we crash-dived straightway quickly
and attacked the ocean bed
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale
Friday, August 20, 2010
MOTHER LOVE...
Mother Love
Some say his sins surpass belief,
Some that he was devoid of sense;
They call him coward, fool and thief
And damn him for his insolence.
But she, employing all the proud
Defenses of her woman’s art,
Preserved him from the hostile crowd
Behind the bulwark of her heart.
by Dorothy Davis
Sunday, August 15, 2010
YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE...
Here's my latest project...a 40 year old totally dark olive green lamp that I rescued from a truck headed to the dump...I just loved all the detail and curlycue's. So I removed the shade and the top light...reworked the design...completely rewired it and painted it in my usual demented bohemian style...with hearts of course...and tah dah...light for our dark old playroom. I am particularly proud of the electrical work...it even has an off and on switch on the cord and it actually works.Wednesday, August 11, 2010
A LETTER FROM PAPA...
I have been reading about the the battle of Waterloo lately and thinking how horrible it is to have someone you love fighting a war far away. It is hard enough having someone in Iraq or Afghanistan...even though you might talk to them everyday. Imagine having a husband, father, son, or other loved one leave for war and not hear from them for weeks or months at a time...not knowing if they are dead or injured and even worse like my distant Grandmother having him not return and never knowing what happened to him.This is a new natural color version of a picture I've done before...I love that beautiful little face. I combined four other pictures with it to get the portrait of a very worried little girl with a letter from her Papa...an English Officer waiting on the battlefield at Waterloo.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
CRY ME A RIVER...
Now you say you're sorryFor being so untrue
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you.
This is what happens when you listen to a Diana Krall CD while you paint. Inspiration is everywhere if only there was enough time and enough material to carry out everything one is want to do. Music and lyrics are my favorite source of inspiration...I think because they touch my emotions so profoundly.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
HOLD BACK TIME...
Time gallops on day into night...night into day...weeks...months...and years fly by...headlong and heedless despite our hapless attempts to hold back time in it's mad rush to eternity.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
DEFYING GRAVITY...
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by
The rules of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes
And leap...
It's time to try defying gravity
I think I'll try defying gravity
And you can't pull me down
~
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by
The rules of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes
And leap...
It's time to try defying gravity
I think I'll try defying gravity
And you can't pull me down
~
Lyrics from the Broadway show "Wicked"