Patterned Paper

Last weekend I printed my doodled patterns onto thick F4 sized presentation paper.

 

Wouldn't they make cute gift wrappers too?

Oh, someone wanted to buy my "Silya" pattern as fabric at Spoonflower! Except, I can't sell until I order a swatch to check if I need to adjust some things in my design :(

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Faith Will See You Through

More acrylic painting....I really love working with my hands and paints and inks.

Entitled "Faith Will See You Through".....even during the darkest of days, when you feel like just giving up and saying "I quit", remember to dig under the layers of self-doubt, dig deeper, where your glorious colours are waiting to burst out and dazzle the world, dig deeper, where seeds of hope have been planted and know in your heart blessings are on their way.

"Faith Will See You Through"

24" x 24" Acrylic and Ink on Canvas

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Backtrack

Backtracking to show you some commissioned work, these were all done last December but I hadn't had the time to upload.

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Emerge

"Emerge"

12' x 16" Acrylic on Canvas

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I've got 2011 in mind

I don't know what it is about the number eleven but I have quite an affinity for that number...maybe that is why I feel that 2011 will be a banner year for me and for The Indy Playground :)

I've been experimenting and here is something I have been working on...it's four panels and supposed to read 2011 when put together.

See my work in progress:

I've added more details to it since the photos were taken but will post again when they're finished.

See you soon! Gotta check on my sugar cookies. The smell is calling to me. Yum! Yum!

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Endless Possibility

This has been in my art journal for sometime...she is completely hand drawn using my pigma micron pens on an old journal layered with pages from an old book, some watercolor and gesso.  Scanned her and added the background flowers and word art in digitally. 

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Bloom

Fun, playful, bright! Commissioned work for Ellen to Pinky ;)  I just love those girls, they're just so much fun to be with!  Dear Pinky, can't wait for you to come back and "Bloom where you're planted" :)

12" x 24" Mixed Media, Gallery Wrapped Canvas

"Bloom"

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What would it take to believe in yourself?

....have you ever thought about it?

"What Would It Take To Believe In Yourself?"

18" x 12" Mixed Media on Gallery Wrap Canvas

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Two New Mixed Media Pieces

I've had a very productive two days.  Finished two (2) mixed media pieces I was working on in canvas...and one that is currently ongoing.  

This first piece is very close to my heart. I started creating this with the a girlie drawing inside my journal in mind but somehow, she did not seem the right fit.   The canvas sat there with its background partially done for days.  Then one day, I had propped the canvas with the bottom up and I saw a shape which I immediately sketched in and eventually turned into the girl in the painting.

All It Takes Is One Step
Mixed-Media on Canvas, 10" x 14"

 

She wears a badge of "Courage" in her heart. And a message to everyone that, "all it takes is one step". Yes, sometimes it is that one step that is the hardest to do, most often when fear keeps us rooted in one spot. Courage is taking that first step and believing that the magic inside us will allow us to fly.

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A Promise to Love Everyday

Mixed Media on Canvas,

This second piece is based on a sketch I made in my kraft paper journal, playing around with my charcoal pencil and drawing whimsical faces.  I really love how this turned out with the pastel dreamy background colors and touches of doodling here and there. 

The pieces will be up for sale soon, both the original and archival quality Art Prints on Etsy, without the watermark of course :)

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Stepping Out Towards My Dream

Sometimes the universe conspires to bring us messages telling us what we need to do, we only need to learn how to distinguish them from all the buzz that goes in and out of our minds and our daily lives.  When we become conscious of this message, it becomes easier to be a receptacle, it's kind of like tuning in to a certain radio frequency or channel.  What we choose to listen to is what we get.   What we focus on is what we see.

Photo Credit: Kanegen

I remember some years ago when I got our first car, a 2nd hand Nissan Safari, we were so excited about it...suddenly everywhere I looked I saw the same car.  It was like there were so many people driving that same car.  When we sold that car, all of a sudden I stopped seeing it.  I hear its the same way for other people.  That is because this thing we acquired had suddenly come into our stream of consciousness, I attracted what I became conscious of.  The same goes for the other things that would come up in my life.

I very recently started running again (around 6 months ago but only really got into it over the last 3 months) and suddenly - boom! - I attracted back into my life the people who I used to hang out and associate with when I used to be active in my mountaineering and dragonboat rowing days + I started making connections with people of like-interest, expanding my network and opening myself up to new adventures.  And the added bonus of shedding all those excess pounds - yes, they have finally decided to start letting go of their grip on me, LOL!  (You can read about my running at Indyruns  - I'm still undecided on whether to merge that too with this blog, hmm..)

What I really want to get at is this - the UNIVERSE has been telling me to step out towards my dream for some time now (hello, like all throughout my life?) but I have not been hearing it.  I have always subjugated it and relegated it to the background, tucked away into the zone I felt comfortable with - the zone that always told me I was not good enough, and yeah, "Who did I think I was?"

And for a long time, I did not know who I really was.  Or I thought I knew, only to find out otherwise.  I always envied others for knowing on the onset what they wanted and getting to that place so much sooner than I have.  I have worn so many hats, too many - a jack of all trades, multi-talented, multi-interests...I jump into any endeavor with a passion and fervor so great, I constantly thirst for knowledge, to learn more, to read more, to see more.

These have all contributed to who I am today.  Do I regret not being part of the pack labeled as "normal"? Sometimes I do, especially during moments when life is difficult and giving my kids what I wish to give is not attainable at that moment.  It would seem farcical to claim otherwise.  But I also know and accept that this is my now, my moment and I have the POWER to change that.

One thing keeps calling, one thing keeps turning up at different moments in my life - consistent enough for me to finally GET IT.   I am a CREATIVE, I am an ARTIST.  I have been, am now, and will always be one.  It is the one thing I love to do, the thing I can get lost in.

I give myself PERMISSION to step out towards those dreams and take flight! 

Image by The Indy Playground

And you know what? Things are changing...things are happening...embrace a life of abundance and abundance will happen.  I embrace a life filled with the creation of art...a life surrounded by kindred souls...woven together into a beautiful web of colors, gentle thoughts, undulating kindness and love, glimmering in the light and emerging from the shadow...intertwined, connected, one in an infinite sky of possibility.

 

Infinite Sky of Possibility

by The Indy Playground

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