However, I couldn't get an "Around the World" Blog Hop
posted on the correct date...(Oops...) ~
A few weeks ago, my sweet friend Debbie asked me if I would like
to participate in an "Around the World Blog Hop",
and I said "Of course!"...
Debbie told me the basics and I got it in my head..."Okay".
I thought that my posting day was today.
It was not.
It was last Monday... ("Oh, noooo.....")
Well, I am going ahead with my post, anyway...
My apologies to Debbie and the other three ladies with whom I was to be posting;
please visit them and their lovely blogs if possible!
They are:
Debbie is a wonderful, multi-talented lady (no, I'm not partial...)
She truly is...
and her blog is always an inspiration!
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Wendy ~ A talented artist living in Australia ~
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Carol ~ An amazing Maine photographer and artist ~
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And Celia, a fabulous watercolor artist in Rome, Italy.
Again, my apologies, Ladies. 'Best laid plans', and all.
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Here goes mine!
Question: "What inspires you?"
Everything inspires me....honestly...everything.
Furbabies.
Art materials. (A LOT.)
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Flowers, china...
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Flowers, china...
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Nature inspires me, always.
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Nature inspires me, always.
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"Man-made", though, as well ...vintage...
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"Man-made", though, as well ...vintage...
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Historic places...
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Heirlooms...
(More color and texture, of course...)
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Other cultures...
I have had a fascination with Dia de los Muertos for a while now!
(My pumpkin from last year, here...)
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I love the tactile properties of clay...
since I don't have a kiln (but hope to someday)
I currently work with polymer clay,
gleaning design ideas from nature...
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And then I add "nature" to the polymer clay...
(or is that the other way around?) ~
Here, in the form of "Fairy Houses"
Dried gourds with pine-cone-scale roofs...
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Sometimes, the gourds alone are the canvases...
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Sometimes the Fur-Baby-Inspired whimsy finds its way
into tiny baseball-card-sized art...
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And other times, Nature finds its way onto BIG sheets
of watercolor paper...
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Here, I combined watercolor with vintage sheet music in
"Southern Symphony"...
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And then, "Tea With the Earl" is watercolor alone...
(with vintage-heirloom subject matter...)
So, it's all connected... one subject inspires another;
one medium inspires "new takes" in another direction...
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The other questions were "Why do I paint...or sculpt...or whatever?"
(Because I MUST!)
And, "What is my process?"
Well, that varies a LOT, as I work in so many different mediums,
but the most difficult part, I have found, is just starting...
As my Daddy once told me,
"The hardest thing about digging a ditch is picking up the shovel."
True...
I have found that blogging, and sharing what I'm doing...
(yes, the "encouraging words" are most appreciated, too)... but usually just
putting it out there
is enough to get me going...inspires me...helps me pick up my
mental "shovel", if you will.
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Before I close, I also want to acknowledge Barbara,
(Barbara Lilian in France) who originally
invited Debbie to the blog hop!
Thank you, Barbara!
I enjoyed participating very much, even though I was
"late to the party"...
Thank you all for visiting!
Have a wonderful week, all!
Love,
Historic places...
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Heirlooms...
(More color and texture, of course...)
~
Other cultures...
I have had a fascination with Dia de los Muertos for a while now!
(My pumpkin from last year, here...)
~
I love the tactile properties of clay...
since I don't have a kiln (but hope to someday)
I currently work with polymer clay,
gleaning design ideas from nature...
~
And then I add "nature" to the polymer clay...
(or is that the other way around?) ~
Here, in the form of "Fairy Houses"
Dried gourds with pine-cone-scale roofs...
~
Sometimes, the gourds alone are the canvases...
~
Sometimes the Fur-Baby-Inspired whimsy finds its way
into tiny baseball-card-sized art...
~
And other times, Nature finds its way onto BIG sheets
of watercolor paper...
~
Here, I combined watercolor with vintage sheet music in
"Southern Symphony"...
~
And then, "Tea With the Earl" is watercolor alone...
(with vintage-heirloom subject matter...)
So, it's all connected... one subject inspires another;
one medium inspires "new takes" in another direction...
~
The other questions were "Why do I paint...or sculpt...or whatever?"
(Because I MUST!)
And, "What is my process?"
Well, that varies a LOT, as I work in so many different mediums,
but the most difficult part, I have found, is just starting...
As my Daddy once told me,
"The hardest thing about digging a ditch is picking up the shovel."
True...
I have found that blogging, and sharing what I'm doing...
(yes, the "encouraging words" are most appreciated, too)... but usually just
putting it out there
is enough to get me going...inspires me...helps me pick up my
mental "shovel", if you will.
~
Before I close, I also want to acknowledge Barbara,
(Barbara Lilian in France) who originally
invited Debbie to the blog hop!
Thank you, Barbara!
I enjoyed participating very much, even though I was
"late to the party"...
Thank you all for visiting!
Have a wonderful week, all!
Love,