Mary Ann's Art Journal: 2013

Monday, May 20, 2013

Tropical Inspiration

Did these painting while we were in Florida on holiday. The Ibis (painting with the three birds) isn't actually finished yet, but I posted it anyways. The sea turtle is a water color.

I’m not a big fan of using black, so I mix my own using dark red, dark blue and dark green. Mixed to much so ended up painting a lot of canvases with a black background. When you’re in Florida, you are surrounded by all of this beautiful foliage. It’s impossible to not get inspired by Florida’s abundant greenery.

Rock Painting

Love to walk on the beach gathering shells, see glass and rocks. I look for rocks with a certain shape or a raised area that can be painted to look like something. All of these rocks are from the beach.

Fruit of the Womb

Fruit of the Womb, acrylic on canvas, 18”x24”. I painted this for a show at Café Con Leche in Mexican Town for International Women’s Month. If you look closely, you’ll see that I cut out eleven holes in the canvas, made a box to fit behind the hole, and placed something in each box. The second photo is close-ups of the cut outs.

Roosters and more Roosters

Finally we are into 2013. Got off to a great start by painting six roosters, five oils and one acrylic, all different sizes. This was fun because I got to use a lot of color!

Autumn Inspiration

Painted these cattails last fall, it’s an oil on a 24”x 36” canvas.

Altered Art

This little 4”x4” frame originally had yellow
roses in it before I altered it. I call it “Say
Hello to My Little Friends” – which, by the
way, are not anyone’s friends.

Friday, January 25, 2013

2012 Art Now Posted

Thank you for visiting my blog. I am happy to report that it’s up to date, minus a few things that need to be photographed, I’ll add them soon. Please enjoy, everything going back to my March 4^th post are new posts.

Lillian's Santa

Made this Santa for my friend Lillian. She just loves it. The head is an upside down clay pot, with a paper mache face.

Inspired Painting with Oils

Did this painting in about five hours in November, I was inspired. It is a 30"x40" oil painting.

Taylors Giraffe - Watercolor

Made this for my great-niece Taylor, she loves giraffes. This was part of a watercolor that I didn’t finish, so I cut out the giraffe part, and embellished it with paper/ribbon, it’s 8”x10”.

Christmas Show At Mexican Town Market

I also did a show at the Mexican Town Market just before Christmas. I made a lot of Our Lady of Guadalupe themed art, plus took paintings, and a variety of other pieces. I am always trying to use things that I already have to make new art.