Frodo’s Lament

I made a huge mistake in a painting I was doing by dropping a painful amount of paint directly in the middle of it. Initially I was upset that I ruined the thing that took me so long to make But I have the sweetest family member who really loves the things I make. Even the ones with the mishaps and/or mistakes.

Her idea was to put it on display and for a while it sat off to the side, always in view. Slowly I started to see a face coming out of the things. So I grabbed a paint marker and started in on some lines.

In the end what I once thought was a ruined painting turned into an Orcish face and I can’t help but think that it was influenced by this tradition we have, rewatching the LOTR movies.

This year it serves as a reminder that we have a choice in all the current chaos. A choice that can not be taken away from any of us.

The choice to decide what to do with the time that has been given us.

Please take care of each other.

Update

It’s been a while since I have posted anything because I had been given the opportunity to do some volunteer work. I want to make clear that I really appreciated having been given a chance and, far as I know, I got nothing but positive feedback.

For that I am truly grateful.

You know I felt sooo proud that they let me be outwardly creative and being part of something creative I’ve long dreamed of doing. It was really fun but also was very challenging for me. It offered up a chance to spark introspection and I got to work with some super creative people.

Protect your peace, take care of each other and stay safe.

Not forgotten

I recently found a whole bunch of leaves that had been eaten by something that left a crazy skeleton/lace like structure on them. I painted some of the glass medium I have on them and left them to dry to an almost hard surface.

The small one was painted orange/yellow using some very thin crazy florescent pour paint. It left an almost stained glass like effect on it. When shown under UV it looks like it is on fire! The other leaf was painted bright white after a base coat of medium. Then I inked it blue with hints of yellow and finished with a top coat of glow in the dark pigments. When it is shown under UV the coating of reactive pigments glow like mad and it hangs on glowing in the dark. Unfortunately the glows are really hard to get with a cellphone camera. I will try to update the photos with better ones here in the near future.

I also have two leaves left unpainted and wanted to see if I heat cure them if they will become stiff and glass like.

Stay tuned…

Please take care of each other.