A new approach to painting.

I've been drinking in Flora Bowley's book, Brave Intuitive Painting.

It feels so good to let go and try new things!

Painting over an older canvas feels good too... a chance for something new to emerge.

How appropriate that the original painting was called AGAIN!

Let go. Be bold. Unfold. That's what I'm allowing myself to do.

I'm amazed at how much the painting is changing. Not holding back, that's for sure!

Painting with fingers and lots of calligraphic marks happening.

Wow! Way out of my comfort zone. Not to worry.... that's the point. Try something else.

OK. I've discovered that I love to work with a foam brush and dab and spray and drip.

I'm loving how the painting is evolving and I am excited to finish it,

just in time to be juried on Saturday for the OMMA

[Ottawa Mixed Media Artists] January Exhibition: Proverbs.

I'll post a picture of the final painting when it's ready.

Here's to brave, intuitive painting! Give it a try :)

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The Muse Journal Video.

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Three more studio workshops. Prepare for a creative fall!

Summer is waning and I look forward to the lovely autumn days and nights ahead. And the creativity in the air keeps intensifying!

This fall brings TWO MORE STUDIO WORKSHOPS.

A TWO DAY WORKSHOP IN HOLLY'S MERRICKVILLE STUDIO

SEPTEMBER 14 & 15, 2013

$287 CAD

Creating Mixed Media Muse Journals is back by popular demand. These beautiful journals are the perfect combination of Art + Book, with their small mixed media painting covers and beautifully decorated exposed spines. They are the perfect journal to inspire your creative spirit.

Bring a friend and spend a wonderful weekend making a real, hardcover book! Paint lovely covers and learn the Coptic bookbinding method. There are only 8 spots available and five of them are taken, so act quickly by registering below.

Not sure if this workshop is for you? Click "Register Now" to read all the details on the registration page. You are also welcome to send me an email if you have any questions.

A TWO DAY WORKSHOP IN HOLLY'S MERRICKVILLE STUDIO

NOVEMBER 23 & 24, 2013

$287 CAD

Creating Stamps, Stencils & Collage Papers is back by popular demand. On August 3 & 4 a small group of creative spirits filled the studio with AHA! moments, beautiful papers and laughter. They described the experience as "relaxing and fun". Sound appealing?

Bring a friend and spend a creative weekend playing and making beautiful (and useful!) things. There are only 8 spots available, so act quickly by registering below.

Not sure if this workshop is for you? Click "Register Now" to read all the details on the registration page. You are also welcome to send me an email if you have any questions.

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Five Fabulous Workshops Trailer

There has been a great response to my Five Fabulous Workshops. People are signing up quickly! I am posting the available spots left for each workshop daily... you can check it out here.

Watch the Five Fabulous Workshops Trailer!

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Weaving with Paint

My latest painting, "Weaveworld", is included in a fabulous exhibition of mixed media art by Ottawa Mixed Media Artists (OMMA), hanging right now at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (Almonte, ON) in the Norah Rosamond Hughes Gallery.

WEAVEWORLD, mixed media  48" x 24" $2,500. CAD

I created "Weaveworld" based on the "Woven" theme. Participating artists were encouraged to push creative boundaries and to think "large" in terms of size. I pursued the idea of weaving a story with words and art.

Materials include original digital images, ink, fluid, metallic, iridescent and interference acrylic paints, acrylic mediums, hand-cut masks and stamps, fabric, beads, metal.

Processes include glazing, layering, collage, ink-jet printing, calligraphy, machine and hand-sewing, stamping on gallery canvas.

I chose this painting to accompany the description of my art "style" over at Seth Apter's Altered Page. You can read about it here.


And now for the Exhibition details:
Ottawa Mixed Media Artists (OMMA)
"WOVEN" - A Juried Exhibition
July 19 - September 3, 2011
Norah Rosamond Hughes Gallery
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum
3 Rosamond Street East
Almonte, ON
613 256 3754
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 4 pm
Meet the Artists: Thursday, July 28 - 7 pm

I have included an invitation below, as well as a map to the gallery.

Visit the museum web site to read more.
"Visit the show, see the 47 large exhibits and enjoy being woven into the spirit of creativity." (from the web site)

The exhibition continues until September 3. If you are free and in the area on Thursday evening, July 28, come and meet the artists from 7 pm.

Hope to see you there!

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