Good Morning: I've been wrestling with an idea for quite some time, but I'm still unsure if it's a wise decision. So, I've decided to bring my idea here, as so many of my readers are artists as well. And those readers who aren't artists have prized opinions as well!! I've been playing with the idea of changing my business name. I've been Garden Painter Art for about 5 years now. The name came from the fact that each and every one of my collages has an image of my garden somewhere within. I love the idea of that. BUT... I think my name ...
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So--I have 29 before this to go back to and finish. :-) I have SO got to go buy some paint, some gesso too. I used--thinned out glue and red food colouring cause that was all I could find to work with this. The top part is unclear--cause my scanner apparently likes to mess with me. But--overall--I like it. I finally figured out what to do with those always on clearance $5 journal and sketch books at borders--now I just need to go get a couple. :-) Not that my comp notebooks are not awesome for me as it is. :-) Also, I didn't ...
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I said I would not make any more soulcollage cards until I had written at least some of their stories--and I did write some before being compelled to make this one. I had meant to sit down and write out four at a time. Four is a good number. Numerologically speaking it is the number of Angels. :-) Mostly I just like things to be even. :-) I sat down--and wrote out five--the number of Magic and High Kings. :-) Didn't even believe I'd done that many when I was done--thought I'd only done three actually. I honestly had to count my pages 2-3 ...
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As if the Love layout (previous post) was not enough--I was sitting there staring at the horses while waiting for the glue to dry--and I was playing with these leaves. I had harvested my pineapple sage earlier in the evening (or rather night--it was after midnight--no, there is no significance to the time I harvested :-) it is simply a time when I am alone, have no little helper, and no one else is around to bother me and I can be outside under the moon :-) ). Several of the leaves had fallen off the main bundle (now drying in the kitchen on ...
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Southwestern Elephant Butte Lake State Park New Mexico near Truth or Consequences, NM the old town that used to be called Hot Springs. This lake has a green color near the shallows when observed from the lookout point on the road where this painting was completed from. Original watercolor southwest painting. Marina del sur is located in this image. This lake is the largest and most popular lake in New Mexico. Around 100 million years ago the lake a was part of a shallow ocean. When the ocean dried the area was the favorite hunting ground of the tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur. Original mountain and ...
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