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.
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.
Now you say you're sorry
This is my bloodless ode to Vampires everywhere. I have to admit to falling prey to the Twilight book series. But generally I am not attracted to the little blood suckers...I think they're kind of a pain in the neck...and I've never wanted to live forever anyway.
I just had to make something with this marvelous spiderweb. Spiderwebs are awesome little pieces of architecture...so delicate and beautiful. There are so many amazing things in the world butterfly wings...spiderwebs...fire...water...life.
O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
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Amen.
A while ago I was watching the movie "The Man Who Cried" when Johnny Depp rode into the scene on a Gypsy Vanner Horse it was love at first sight...the most beautiful horse I have ever seen...and Johnny Depp wasn't bad either. But since I don't want the care of a horse especially one who requires more hair care then myself...I decided to own him in a creative way. He fits right in with all the romance and gaiety that is legend in dreams of being a Gypsy. I fear that like Gypsies...Vanner horses are best left that way too...in my dreams.
I get a lot of inspiration from lyrics of songs and poems. These particular lyrics are from the song by Pink called "Glitter in the Air". It is a song that could have many different meanings...one of them struck a chord with me. 
This is my latest Photoshop altered art it is called Fitting In... It expresses a way I have always felt in my life...as far back as I can remember. I suppose we all feel this way once in awhile...like not knowing the steps to the dance everyone else is doing...or life from the outside looking in.
These are just a few of the myriad of illustrations inspired by one of my favorite tales "Beauty and the Beast". It was first printed as a traditional French fairytale "La Belle et la Bête" by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, in 1740. The story became very popular and has been re-printed, illustrated and retold in many forms throughout the years. I think it is interesting to see the different persona's the beast takes in the hands of each artist. I personally prefer a warm and fuzzy beast myself... and more lioness or kanine then porcine please. What do you look for in a beast?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
