WENT CRAZY OVER THE WEEKEND...

Crazy painting that is. I had this large canvas that was already purple. I bought a lot of 1" gallery wrapped canvases (great quality) for $ 5 each. Can't beat that!!!! They were all painted in a different primary color.

Anyway, I went weird, and I don't know where this painting is going. It's tribal for sure. It's a great exploration for me. The long thing is definitely a snake. I did paint the head part on the other side of the canvas. I don't know why I'm into the tribal stuff right now, but I'm going with the flow. Maybe it's that primitive side of me...

ANOTHER CREATIVE DAY...OR SHOULD I SAY EVENING?

I spent a very peaceful Sunday, and I hope you did too! Peaceful to me is creating, so I sat at my paint spattered table and finished this item: Forever Heart. It's available for purchase at http://www.mariagreene.etsy.com/ I'm having so much fun creating all these multi-colored tiles. They definitely go toward the blue/turquoise color scale, but I try to do other colors. I heard on the radio that blue is the world's most favorite color. How they found that out, I don't know... I know I fall in that group!

May you have lots of creative juices flowing through you this week!

Maria

GLOOMY DAY IN FLORIDA...

The rainclouds are just hanging there, not knowing whether to rain or not. I've been cruising online, looking for inspiration, and there's plenty of it!

I sold two more mosaic boxes, so I'm having a hard time keeping up with the demand, which is a GREAT thing! Pixs of latest box:

Live From The Heart and another Miracle Box.

Maria

I'm in Mosaic Box heaven...

Well, I've been really busy the last couple of days, finishing some more mosaic boxes with inspirational "sayings." They are selling really well, so I might be busier than I thought this summer. (Bailey is not. He was so spooked when he went outside this morning--for unknown reasons--that he sat in the same spot for a good 45 minutes. Not that sitting (or lying) in the same spot for hours is unusual behavior for him.) The boxes are one of a kind, and lots of fun! Here are two that sold last Friday.

Keep on creating!

Maria

THE BIRD OF FREEDOM....

THE BIRD OF FREEDOM was my take on this picture of a happy bird just doing its thing. I wondered always what it would be like, flying, but I'm afraid of heights.... I always choose the aisle seat on airplanes, though I'm not afraid of flying in the megaton tube per se. It's a miracle how that mass of metal flies anyway... A bird is grace personified.

This painting inspired the big one in the previous post. I wondered what it would look like BIGGER.

My friend Dana said it reminded her of Mexican folk art, and quilt art. Actually, it would lend itself well to a quilt, but that's too much work. And besides, I can't sew as well as I paint, straight lines and all that. Not that this painting has any straight lines except the edges. Lines are there to be painted over or beyond. There is a very good book on how to paint beyond the lines titled Painting From the Source, by Aviva Gold. If you're stuck as an artist, please get that book and work with it. It will bust loose your creative dam for sure! Happy creating,

Maria

TA-DAH!

Ta-dah, my finished painting! I haven't found the title yet, but it'll come to me. This is available for sale at http://www.mariagreene.etsy.com/
There's other stuff for sale as well. I have been a very busy bee (Bailey has not...)

MORE PICTURES...

Some more pictures on my work in progress...