"The thing about being an artist that’s so radical," says Kiki Smith, "is that it’s self-defined. You just one day say you’re an artist. You don’t have to be a good one, or any particular kind of one. You just say, ‘That’s what I am.’" Kiki Smith
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my collage of shapes, a few words some flowers I drew. It came upon me that
if I draw or paint on large paper, that, really,...I can cut my favourite object or shape out from that drawing like a kindergarten collage board
and glue it on foam board....such an expression of myself.
(watercolour on canvas)
(watercolor on old cupboard door)
(nail polish splatter)
(watercolor paint and oil paint markers and acrylic paint)
(watercolor and oil-based paint marker)
St Patty's fun
this cherry blossom tree was a paint nite painting
I had been to 2 paint nites already and decided to
have a private paint night at home (this on an old cupboard door)
Winter Scene
(another Paint Nite - Kinettes)
Tree of Tranquility (Paint Nite)
moody girl horse butt sticking out desk lamp
weaving weaving..in and out...
my smudgy web
so many things interacting in my life
mostly good things
a little bit of darkness and bad energy though
the web I drew here is
inspired by the spider webs hanging in-between
the corners of our horse fences
sometimes I think I just stick to things and hang out
and catch whatever comes
sometimes I smudge things up
and other times things are precise and clear
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This is Halee - she is ready for a holiday!
I'm Luvy! I want to fall in love!
Starla (a star is born)
Dexter the dexterious
Casey - he is feeling uncomfortable
Sunburned Sally
Janetta - she is deciding what to wear for her date tonight!
glue gun cowboy jean holder
(i ordered a pair of distressed blue jeans on-line and I ordered my size as I have ordered
blue jeans there before so size 12 was the selected size for these pair as well. I get them today
and they are so small I could not close them around my bum let alone my waist. I was going to
return them. I did this instead. I cut them up. I saved the pockets and then
glued the pockets onto stiff cardboard. The hardware and stitching is very
attractive around the pockets so here is the end result of me being mad. This was childish but
a whole lot of fun!)
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A man I once knew
(feltmarkers/pastel pencil)
zig zag water park
(feltmarkers)
(feltmarkers)
The Seer
(pastels)
(pastels)
(feltmarkers)
"Olla" - she loves fashion!
watercolour paint
watercolour pencil
pastels
This is Roger - roger this, roger that he is listening for orders
(feltmarker)
soup da kanasana - I am curled up with my friends "happy"
(feltmarker)
(feltmarker)
Egg-actly off balance
(pastels)
(pastels)
I'm Slekman and I am busy going at my own speed. Not everyone elses!
(feltmarker)
(feltmarker)
I'm Werthrom - thanks for noticing I am different!
(feltmarker)
(feltmarker)
