Paintings from Summer of 2011

Where did the summer go?  The last time I posted was in May and then I was planting my garden.  Now the garden has been producing and getting ready to wind down.  The salads have been wonderful.

I've completed several mixed media paintings that I feel good about.  The acrylic paints are becoming easier for me to work with.  Golden's paints and gels and matte mediums are my fav's.  I also have enjoyed using CITRASOLV (yes, a cleaning supply) toCREATE  interesting shapes and designs from the ink on the pages of  the National Geographic magazine.  Its was the main product I used for 'My Foggy Night" painting.
  

New Work

Just finished some new paintings.  Working with media and collage is such fun.  I will add them to this site- soon.  I plan to start work on a series of paintings as soon as I  finish a couple paintings that are waiting for the final touches and finish getting my garden planted.  My muse is calling daily!

Sifting through ideas for my public art planning grant, I do have a story to tell.   I wish to be part of a change in how society looks at a mental illness commonly found worldwide. If I could I would change identification of mental illness to an illness of the brain, a disease of the brain. 
To tell this story I have chosen to use the visual language of art.  What we don't know scares us and we as " normal" people think its about behaviour and not a out of balance chemistry of the brain.