Really, the Chaos is Only on the Top

Really, the Chaos is Only on the Top, Oil CWM 14.5 x 22, feelings of anxiety and chaos as we watch our inept politicians be corrupted by power and money.  I long for the days when we find decency, common sense, and a safe place for the children.

Really, Balance is Messy

Really, Balance is Messy, Oil CWM on panel 18 x18 showing at Ghostwolf Gallery for Women in Creativity.
It's that little drip off to the right that keeps the almost complete circle from falling over. Womens' Work, Here we are hanging precariously at the top with a hole at the bottom just waiting to fall out, and yet we manage, we dig in and hang on and at best stay composed in the whole picture.

Over and Under Talking, Really a Landscape

Oil on panel diptych 14 x 22

Finally It's Raining

Finally It's Raining
Oil on panel 18x18

Questions.

Gotta wonder, How do you get from Above painting which hung around for more than a year, to the painting below.

The intuitive process is absolutely befuddling.
And yet I continue to struggle every day, with a certain amount of crazy.

Circles

 Circles I, Oil on panel
40 x30

Circles II Oil on panel
40x30

Thought I was done with blogging.
Here I am posting 2 more paintings.
Still haven't taken the tape off the edges so perhaps not done,
Liking the lightness of these paintings,  happy to see I maybe am moving out of that dark phase.

Spring arrives

Everything- EVERYTHING is on the Line
Oil on panel 24 x 30

Politics continues to befuddle us all. How in the world will we make it through 4 years with out any understanding.  All the programs that have been meticulously put in place over my life time are unraveling at such a rapid pace that I feel dizzy.  Asking the question of where are the checks and balances?  It's hard to feel off balance.

The Line That Divides Us.

Oil on panel work in progress
30x24

After the election, darkness, betrayed by my gender.
We are the same and yet divided by a very narrow margin.
Still trying to Figure it out.

Nightscape

Nightscape
Oil on panel
14x14

Growing Words

Oil, on paper, mounted on birch panel
16x8

Growing Your Garden

Happy Birthday Amanda,
Oil on paper mounted on birch panel
8x16

The Dark side of over 100 degrees.

Oil, on paper 12x17

"Grid"
Oil on panel 8x8

"Thinking of Snow"
Oil on panel 8x8

After my trip from Minneapolis, I returned and took a turn to the dark side.
It's been extremely hot here over 100 degrees for weeks.  I'm having a time getting the wax to dry, it's also hard to work in a space with no air conditioner.

Still in Minneapolis

Still in Minneapolis, after taking a really insightful workshop from Rebecca Crowell.  I'll be processing the thoughts, feelings and new knowledge for years.
My flight out of Minneapolis was canceled two days in a row due to heavy rain, wind and tornados.  There has been plenty of time to feel homesick, cry, and mourn the loss of life for the 49 victims of yet another mass shooting. I'd like to go home now and hug my family.

2 Asemic panels

 Oil, cold wax on panel
10x20

Oil, cold wax on panel
10x20

Getting ready for the ACNM conference on Tuesday May 24, 2016 at the Albuquerque convention center, National Midwifery conference. I'll have an artisans booth. Looking forward to seeing Midwives from all over the country.

New painting heading to the call room

Asemic series

Oil, cold wax on panel

10x20