 WORK IN PROGRESS - 12" x 12" paper collage - working title "Healed Heart" - DAY FIVE: Going a new direction...
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 WORK IN PROGRESS - 12" x 12" paper collage - working title "Healed Heart" - DAY FOUR
 WORK IN PROGRESS - 12" x 12" paper collage - working title "Healed Heart" - DAY THREE
 Evan and I were stunned at the variety and excellent quality of the work  The musicians and refreshments were outstanding!  Everyone seemed to enjoy the exciting atmosphere  Evan and I had an awesome time at the St. Catherine's Patron of the Arts 19th Annual Photography, Art & Poetry Exhibition this past weekend! The multi-faceted and multi-dimensional show featured over 700 pieces of art of all kinds (and all ages), including oil and acrylic paintings, watercolors, pastels, mixed media, sculpture, as well as photography, poetry, live musical performances, and fantastic refreshments. It was one of the most enjoyable and best-quality shows I've ever had the pleasure to be a part of. To make it more fun, the show offered 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and Judges Choice Awards in various categories. The prospectus said winners would be notified by email the Friday before the show. I was hoping to hear something, but the Friday came and went and I assumed the awards went to other people. Evan and I were both disappointed, but we went to the show excited and expecting to have a good time. As we made our way among all the stunning artwork and poems, we discovered that I had won three awards! There wasn't enough time to notify the winners this year, and the surprise left me stunned and floating on a cloud! I won: Judges Choice Award - Art, Transformation First Place Art Award - Mixed Media, Aslan Spirituality Award - Poetry, Your Love Heals Me
Thank you so much to all the judges!! I'm very grateful to Maude Carolan Psych, a fellow member of the North Jersey Christian Writers Group for telling me about the show. Until recently I had been avoiding spending time working on creative projects due to anxiety and other stresses. This book, The Story of With: A Better Way to Live, Love, & Create, has given me a new perspective. For this new collage, Aslan, I determined to fight the anxiety and spend time creating as 'worship' to God, WITH God. I purposed to just enjoy the creative process, engaging with HIM as I worked. As opposed to putting pressure on myself to 'perform', It was a totally different (and enjoyable) experience working this way. I'm excited to continue working on new projects, and have several other collages in the works. All glory to God!  Evan's a big part of my success-- his encouragement, support and feedback are invaluable!
 COMMISSION - PRAYER WARRIOR, 2015, Mixed Media, 20 x 24
Which one do you like better? Why?
I finished my submission for the Mountain Art Show today... Hooray!! I had someone keeping me company while I worked feverishly this week.... That's Rose, aka The Fuzz! The "Wren" idea, which I posted on June 17th turned into "Wren's Summer Song", a 19" x 31" collage (unframed). I'll have a better photo of it up soon. 9/16/10 I just found out this was accepted into the show.... YEA!!    Wren's Summer Song  In addition to revisions on Fuzz N' Bunny story and illustrations, I'm preparing two large paper collages for the the juried "Mountain Art Show", Bernardsville, NJ. I have some new papers I'm working with and am excited to get working on them!
We have two nests of baby wrens on our front porch - one in a birdhouse, the other atop a hanging plant. It's amazing to hear the babies' sweet chirping each day! I wonder how long this will last...?? :) One of my collages will be a single wren, and the other, larger collage is going to be of some ducks. We pass a house that has ducks in the yard almost every day. They all hang out together and each time they're doing something different! I hope I can capture some of the essence of wonder and beauty of these creatures. Here's the initial sketch for the wren. |
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