Trail of thoughts

This is the second of the same series. I used the same techniques but I created the focal point outside of the melted wax. The granit paint gives it a spark. The picture does not do it justice. In reality, the white lines stand out a lot more (on my wall anyway).

I am happy with these two last pieces because they came out as I wanted too. I am also thinking about working more on dark background (brown, dark blue, grey) because of the effect it has on colors.

So far, this one is my favorite.

Too much to think about.

I found black canvases at Deserres the other day. Of course I had to have them. Colors would look so bright on a dark background. There I was, alone in the house, with my paints and my music blaring. I had bought granit paint and a new fresh block of wax. I started by melting gray wax all over the canvas. Then I poured melted wax on top and blew on it with a straw. It created a different surface, like a crater. I used that as my starting point and I painted on top of it.

Type A Personality

This piece took me a few weeks to complete. All the squares or reactangles are made with a different color and a different texture. They all represent our limits, our boundaries. The choices we make and those that are imposed by our environment. Very hands on piece of work I would say. The kids spent many minutes touching it. They had a blast.

Now, I need to find a way to hang it on the wall... Well, it s a 36 in X 36 in and quite heavy canvas to put up.

heartbroken

Here is the last project. It took me a while to figure out what to do with it. I had experienced melting the styrofoam a little and I built this wall on canvas, thinking about something else. Then, the wall idea came up... reflecting on all the walls surrounding us, women of all kinds, barriers, violence, survival. So many of us, stuck in front of a wall... too frail to break it down.. no door to knock on... No escape...

Poem

Here is one of my last creation. A poem I wrote to Jay a few weeks ago. The colors chosen represent organic matters. I also melted styrofoam and painted it before mounting my sentences on it.

I chose to represent our relationship as something alive, something that we have to nourish, something alive, on its own. Hence the reason behind bloody red work...tears and the skin like color in the background.

Blizzard

The last one of the 4. It`s also Jay favorite. I wanted to represent all seasons and decided that blues/white/grey and a little black would suit the tone. It feels icy cold, definitely. It took me more wax to work on these 3 painting because the canvas was pretreated with gesso and it made the wax move around a lot more. The effects were also different. I was not sticking to the canvas the way it did with Cold night in October. After a few minutes, I got the hang of it and was able to move the wax where I wanted. I am just a little disapointed that the pictures are not really showing the beautiful designs created by the wax.

styrofoam

Yes, I melted it and painted it and attached sentences of a poem I wrote for Jay.
Pictures will come later.

I also prepared Nuit d'embacle.... Will be finished at a later date. Kids needed mommy for a little while. And we needed dinner too.

Fresh

Here is Fresh, the third wax/tempera experience. I really like this one but the picture does not show the details quite frankly. Much better IRL, according to my opinion. Made that one, this afternoon, listening to Elisapie Isaac. Maybe her poetic voices carried me... even thought the kids were running around and Jay was out with his band (the 1st show is in less than 2 weeks, so excited), I was able to concentrate long enough on my canvas.

Then I took it outside to look at it in the sunlight...The effect was stunning.

Epoxy

I met a very interesting artist last weekend... She uses epoxy to cover some of her work... The effect that she gets looks like a hand made tile. I liked it too, whenever it comes to plastic, I am in. But the effect I got needs a little refining. I will have to research a little more.

Another cool idea, someone I met online uses silicone... Now we are talking... so many ideas, so little time..

Indian summer

Decided yesterday that I wanted to get back to the wax/tempera experience. The 1st painting had so many good reviews on a different website that I went back and tried the recipe in a different color. Talked to Jay about making a sequel to Cold night in october. Well, I started playing with yellows and oranges. The day was warm and beautiful. It inspired me. I like this technique because every time I use color, the mood changes. I just stop adding when I feel it's right.

Solitude

This is the 2nd of the journey serie

Sometimes, i believe that, wanted or not, loneliness takes a large chunk in our everyday lives.

I also wonder if loneliness sparks creativity, despair, anger, sadness, love, craziness and beauty.

Journey through motherhood, through love, through breakups, through soul searching, through identity, through new relationship

Journey through life. And through loneliness, i believe i found identity, self-esteem, confidence, love, joy and art.

Mel

Sometimes, i stop and reflect on the way life has its very own path... and many interesting surprises.

Jay and I decided to go to an art show in Nepean today. Once there, i realized that I could probably fit into that group of artist using many different media to express themselves.

Many interesting conversations and friendly faces. Good advices and tons of laughters

and..... 1 invitation to become a member of their group....

very interesting indeed

(p.s. pictures will follow later)

mel