Party Hiatus

Ok so I didn't do a very good job cropping this. It is one of the beautiful pictures I took a few weeks ago at the lake. I wish I was there right now.

I am sorry I've been neglecting my blogging duties. Will you forgive me? I forgot what a chore having a party is. My "baby" will be turning Stinky 16 or would it be Sour 16? Since girls are Sweet 16,I figure boys would be the opposite. Since his birthday falls on Monday we are having his party on Saturday. Honey keep trying to add my name to the affair (he thinks he can kill 2 days with one affair). My birthday is next Friday.

I started doing the "guest" cleaning,but then things started changing. The Guest list expanded,the food is getting catered and I went on a mad cleaning spree. Rooms,closets,carpets and cabinets weren't safe.

My Art Studio has a giant gaping hole where my table belongs. I dare not put things back together until Friday. I know if I do I will plop myself down and start some gianormous project that will be all over. I also think it will just entice someone to want to touch my things. I'm bad about peeps touching my stuff.

So until the party is over,the cakes been eaten,and the weekend guests go back to N.C.,Cali,and Vegas, I won't have any Art to share with you. Who knows I may have some good pictures to share. Our family is a pretty gregarious bunch.

So until then enjoy your week.

Reflection

After a few days of pain I started peeling. I know, ew gross, and why is she sharing that with us? I was watching the News earlier and they were talking about the Snake calls that Fire Departments have been getting lately. Why you would call them about a snake is beyond me,but that's for a different story. It's been in the 100's and this is Arizona,what do they expect from the desert? 

What did stay in my mind is the snakes yearly ritual of shedding their skin. They rid themselves of what  no longer fits. I sometimes find these skins caught in the tumbleweeds. Sometimes the are just pieces and others I have found completely intact and you can see where how many rings on their rattlers there were. I thought about my own sun induced shedding of skin, and about what it is that no longer fits. What do I need to shed myself of?

 In 22 days I will be turning 43 and sometimes I think to myself, am I really that old? Granted I look at it from a perspective of how long until 50.  I know a lot has changed in the eyes of that 5 year old in the picture. I can't even remember what her hopes and dreams were or even what made her happy.  I know I loved Art or at least I think I would have. I did love school until I was in Third Grade and a very mean teacher stripped me of that. I would often look at this picture and try to remember who she was,what she was like. I mean, I know that is me, in 1971 but that is all I know. Have you ever done that? Found a picture of yourself and try to remember who you were at that place in time?

 As I type this, new thoughts come to mind. I have gone to school or taken classes for everything imaginable. I went to school for Cosmetology,Floral Designing,Communications, Real Estate,Reiki,and the list goes on. With the one exception of Reiki, I didn't finish any of them. I am proud to say that I am a Reiki II Practitioner and have the Certificate to prove it. But I wonder if there is a correlation between not finishing any of those classes and what that mean old teacher did to me and my love of school. 

There is so much in life that I didn't do because of that nagging laugh that says "You want to do WHAT??" I cheated no one else but myself of so many of life's experiences because of that darn Devil. I always wanted to make a career out of creating art,but like the lottery, "you can't win it if you don't play it" or in my case you can't sell it,if you don't create it.

  So perhaps it's my fear of failure that is being shed with each bit of very crispy skin lol. I want to usher in 43 with a lust for life and doing things with a determination and a force to be reckoned with. I want to see the things around me with the amazement and love of that 5 year olds eyes once again. 

Oh and I also went to school to become a Life Coach,how ironic is that?

Happy Belated Mother's Day!

I hope all the Mother's out there had a wonderful day all to themselves!

Saturday we spent the day at the Lake with some friends. He is being shipped off to Bagdad next month and it was his floating going away party. It was a beautiful day to be on the water.

 My favorite thing to do is just float leisurely  around on a raft. When you're in the water you don't feel the Arizona sun so much as you would on land.  Me being the die hard California surfer girl that I am brought my trusty Hawaiian Tropics,I just love the smell of that stuff. So I slathered it on and jumped on my raft while everyone else was chit- chatting on shore.

 So,to make a long story short,I am now the color of an Oompa Loompa. I am so burnt I glow. It's now been 2 days and it hurts like heck. This morning it even hurt to type. Silly girl,you aren't in Cali anymore!

I don't have anything new to post up art wise. I've been working on a torso for a piece I am doing for a cousins Tattoo Shop. Most of Friday was spent making a form,then starting the paper maiche. I need to do a few more layers to make it tough. 

I may have some wonderful news to share,but it won't be today. Right now I'm crossing my fingers,my eyes,my legs,and my arms, that things go well tomorrow. 

Do you hate being held in suspense? I know I do. 

Next post should have some info on Chiquita Frida too. Until next time have a wonderful week and I hope wherever you are that it's a lot cooler than the 100' week we are having here!

A better view

Here is a better view of Hail Mary. 

It took 2 cameras to finally get a good picture of her.

Sneak Peak of Little Frida

Chiquita Frida

In honor of Cinco de Mayo and the fact that it marks the "30 shopping days" left until my Birthday, I thought I would share the almost finished "Little Frida". Ok so celebrating the last 30 days until I turn a year older isn't exactly what Cinco de Mayo is all about,but when I was young, there were two things that meant my day was coming. First the afore mentioned Cinco and the other was June Bugs. I grew up in Southern California and when I was little June Bugs were abundant and plentiful.  O.k. so what does this have to do with Little Frida? Nothing I just veered a little. 

                        Little Frida is painted on a 2x4" canvas and I think when she is done I will release her out into the world. What do you think about this idea? When I finish her I will post it and then if you'd like to have her I'll let you know what you have to do to enter. Sound good?

A Filter Girl of a different sort

Hail Mary Full of Grace

                            She does have a coffee filter,but not like the other girls.

 She does not have a mouth either . I don't know why,but I like my girls without a mouth. I think in part it's because I have a hard time drawing them. I had to take these at weird angles,because my camera was not cooperating and I apologize. 

I'm always amazed as how I start something and then it takes on a life of it's own and ends up in another direction. This is not the visualization I had when I started,but I am more than pleased with what I was given as an end result.

 Being the Spiritual Chica that I am,I always try and invoke a Guide or Saint before I start a project. I ask for a blessing and a little guidance. With this particular piece, techniques I had never tried before made their selves known. I don't take all the credit for any of my work. They are always blessings from "A Higher Authority". 

Next on my list is St.Lucy and her eyeballs.  I think I'm going to call these next paintings "The Filter Girls,The Patron Saints Collection" I like the way that sounds! I've sketched out a few and have included a few male Saints. 

                Leave me a note,let me know what you think.

 I wish you a day filled with Peace and Blessings.