tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37817823047070404602024-03-14T03:23:57.610-04:00 HeavenSpirit Creations by Jenny Gabrenasbancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.comBlogger283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-49083030204298050482023-02-06T15:20:00.002-05:002023-02-06T19:41:48.319-05:00raven painting might be finished; here's it's name and symbolism hi all!i'm now at a stopping point where i might be satisfied with my raven painting, huzzah! there might be some tinkering here and there, but for the most part i'm happy with what it has to tell me. yes, i took the plunge and did the scary thing by getting into more detail with the ravens, and that meant possibly messing them up with some white lines. and yes, i wasbancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-11533654696660548052023-02-03T09:34:00.001-05:002023-02-03T09:42:21.907-05:00where the raven canvas stands todayhi all!my last update had me painting out some of the suns rays as raindrops in gold. i also painted some of the rays more orange to see if i wanted that change or not. i then asked sweetie his thoughts on my progress, including the rest of the rays being a bit more orange than yellow. his thoughts were he liked the rays better more orange, but the gold raindrops to him looked bancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-57700118330238457132023-01-31T14:05:00.001-05:002023-02-01T04:10:35.520-05:00a few little tweaks to raven paintinghi all!energy has been very low for me lately, but today i made a little progress. just tiny changes here and there. i painted the ladder to the moon, fixed the moon a bit and added the draping beads for the little raven to sit on and surrounding the moon. i also made a few of the sun rays into raindrop shapes with gold paint. it all might need another 'go round', but it'sbancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-51889652884905741742023-01-22T15:52:00.000-05:002023-01-22T15:52:29.363-05:00painting the background and subject of my raven paintinghi all!after a bit of recovery from my last round at the canvas, i was able to get back to it today. fear was with me as i gathered my paints to start covering the bold abstracted underpainting to become closer to the final look. i had begun to like the chaotic colors and bold shapes and worried it would all be lost to a more 'tame' painting.i turned the canvas upside-down in order tobancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-40753317346831057112023-01-14T10:32:00.003-05:002023-01-27T12:58:44.889-05:00work on the raven paintinghi all!i took a 2 day break from painting, as it is hard on the body, but i was back at it today with working on the crystals. i had sketched them in this week, and today was starting to add color!there's another group of crystals to start painting out, and i will be fiddling with getting this batch 'just so', but i'm pretty excited about how it's coming along. each time i add anotherbancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-53533350584838855732023-01-10T16:07:00.000-05:002023-01-10T16:07:03.308-05:00getting to the painting stage of my raven canvashi all!i almost successfully waited until a sunny day in order to photograph the canvas before fiddling with it. i had a few trouble spots i wanted to rectify before the photo was taken. small spots that sweetie didnt notice, even viewing the before and after, but they sure annoyed me beforehand and gave me a peaceful feeling afterwards, so i'm glad i did those little tweaks before webancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-19988415125757289132023-01-06T07:50:00.004-05:002023-01-10T16:07:59.314-05:00more progress in the backgroundhi all!i've had a good couple of days playing in the background of this huge- life sized- canvas i'm painting over. my first pass was cool colors over collage (on top of a first and a second painting, so we have a LOT of layers happening, here). i then took a think about what i want my final painting to look like, and decided that a warm color scheme peeking through would be better, bancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-42352473333313085662023-01-03T17:20:00.005-05:002023-01-10T16:08:32.555-05:00and, we're off!hi all! i do hope you're doing well. or at least doing your best.me? i'm starting the year off with a bang. i'm just doing it, you know? i'm refusing to let myself get the better of me. i know there's darkness looming, but right now, today, i'm beating it. i've got my list of things to do, that i can do. some easy things, some harder. and, bancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-3444138691994604692023-01-02T16:27:00.017-05:002023-01-10T16:09:01.819-05:00merry new year, and all that jazzhi there! merry holidays and new year, 2023! it's been many, many months since blogging here, and with reason; i've done no art-ing in all that time. none. zilch. nada. my year has been filled with gardening and canning the fruits of my labor. it's been filled with love and sadness. it's been filled with learning, with anxieties, with lyme bancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-35695522513239437032022-03-08T09:03:00.009-05:002022-04-04T07:31:46.964-04:003 new paintings in the store!hi all! i mentioned last that i finished one new painting by going over an older painting, and those two are now in the society6 shop. i also realized that another finished painting was forgotten when we were uploading into the store, so that is now up as well.this will be a "quick" post, as these posts, while fun, are very tiring for me to make.first off is my "best friends" paintingbancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-72774844047831339562022-03-06T09:54:00.004-05:002022-03-06T10:49:44.168-05:00movement in the studiohi all. since i've last written i've been busy on an original as well as class work that is my style and reference combined with the artist/teachers style (so still original work, but inspired by the class).lets start with the first project i worked on. i found a reference photo on unsplash that made me swoon and imagine my own likeness in place of the model. the image is based bancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-79753902157376758242022-01-11T16:51:00.000-05:002022-01-11T16:51:50.043-05:00big ideas in 2022hi all. yep, it's been a minute since i've posted. honestly, i've been on a painting hiatus, concentrating on my spiritual health, trying to educate myself and to delve into lifes' mysteries. i'm a libra, so i look into things from all sides, and oh, there are so many sides to the mystery of life and the earth we live on! the muds run deep, lol.but, i'm back! i spentbancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-59442372079126766012021-09-06T16:05:00.003-04:002021-09-06T16:06:29.144-04:00"Focused on Fluidity" in the shop hi guys, i finally have something new to put in the store, so i present to you;"Focused on Fluidity"
octopus doesn’t fit into someone elses box; she's too smart
for that. octopus knows her heart and mind, and searches for her own
truth. this octopus is full of love, she knows her worth, she owns
her story, and is strong in her power. tobancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-90529706896628330922021-09-06T12:51:00.000-04:002021-09-06T12:51:02.357-04:00"Focused on Fluidity", an octopus paintinghi there, my fellow beings. i hope you're doing well in your world. i'm doing ok.last week i was motivated to start another octopus painting. this one is a close-up of the beautiful soul, octopus. i had the urge to cover up an older painting i had done a few years back that really wasn't serving me at this time. i have the older painting saved and can buy it off my bancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-27906568404950605122021-08-02T10:11:00.005-04:002021-08-02T10:44:06.726-04:00studio changeshi friends! i hope things are going well for you; that life, or even just this minute, is peaceful and you find some joy in each day. that's my wish for you.this post was written over a period of time, so you will see some past tense along with present tense as i wrote and re-wrote things. time frame is a little off. i'm just leaving it.there has been some excitement in mybancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-80584441980532952672021-07-20T08:21:00.004-04:002021-07-20T08:26:42.369-04:00 "Farm Roots" painting progress and result hi there, and good morning, or afternoon, or evening. i'm meeting you wherever and whenever you are, cause that's how i roll.as of starting this post, it is monday, july 19, and my goal for the foreseeable future is to work on sketches and paintings each weekday. i'm going at my own pace, as my body permits, so it may be slow progress, but i'm documenting as i go.this morning i did a bancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-71835748523474170962021-07-18T17:08:00.005-04:002021-07-19T04:23:09.853-04:00an old painting, and new workwell, hello there! long time, no see. i've been busy in the garden these few months, with no motivation for other artistic pursuits. i'm currently waiting for tomatoes to grow and have had an encouraging word or two from my grandson who was in the state, visiting for a bit, so the motivation has struck again. yay for encouraging words from important people!i had started bancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-39296130045929253392021-03-30T14:40:00.005-04:002021-04-01T10:08:35.317-04:00updating the For Sale pagehi there my friends! hope your light is still shining bright, or at least still shining, and that you are giving yourself the care you deserve as the wonderful human you are. because you rock!I was messaged the other day an inquiry about one of my mini paintings listed for sale. yay for inquiries! that gave me a happy, but also made me look at my For Sale page and notice bancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-69084645738964811242021-02-14T14:45:00.000-05:002021-02-14T14:45:13.995-05:00"Crowning Herself" is in society6 shop hi there! and happy valentines day to you! sweetie was able to get my newest in my society6 shop today. so a happy valentines day to me as well. I sure do love seeing all my hard work up on so many products!Crowning Herself, she let go of the darkness of her past. The guilt, the shame, the sadness of it all. She let it all go and, walking through the mindbancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-82333292265545360942021-02-10T13:41:00.006-05:002021-02-14T15:04:34.438-05:00"Crowning Herself", close to completionShe has Gone. Through. It. and this is her story of triumph! Crowning Herself is a tribute to the struggles in life that beat her to her core. she must decide to fight her way to the top, or lose the battle. she has fought her demons for so long, and continues to on a daily basis, but knows the fight is worth it in the end. she is weary as she dons her crown, but knows shebancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-77943841669595682522021-02-08T10:32:00.002-05:002021-02-09T12:31:36.794-05:00the struggle is realI have been whining at my muse over the weekend, wondering why she hasn't painted this painting yet. I've struggled and erased and struggled some more, finding more inspiration here and there for other elements to add, but she hasn't let up with the difficulty of this painting, and hasn't just painted the thing, already. this one is WORK with a capitol W!I like the sketch on paper bancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-88790227806291459232021-02-05T04:03:00.004-05:002021-02-05T09:31:57.034-05:00new painting in first stages I have a thought. my sweet muse is in there, tickling my temples, itching her way free of the confines of the critic that keeps her trapped. I have the skills to make this painting happen; to set my muse free in order to heed the call of instilling her creative passions in me. the critic (the inner script) is trying to 'keep me safe', but I know the truth; the script is bancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-74148844238311999452021-01-24T09:06:00.002-05:002021-02-05T04:03:59.701-05:00Sower of Seeds is in the house! my sweet man battled to scan this painting for me this morning and put it up in my society6 shop. the other shop will have to wait, but we wanted to get her into the public asap!here's her printthe text hidden in the layers of paint reads;I plant seeds of love and serviceto the earth.I share with others my bounty,and this bounty ripples outwardto help bancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-81098742492285846172021-01-19T09:16:00.002-05:002021-01-19T09:16:45.958-05:00"a sower of seeds" canvas finished my canvas from yesterday needed some tending this morning through journalling and mark making, so out the supplies came again.here she is in all her glorythe journalling beneath the 'seedlings' I added says;I plant seeds of love and serviceto the earth.I share with others my bounty,and this bounty ripples outwardto help nourishcountless othersand some close-upsshe has a bancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781782304707040460.post-56847992486269943102021-01-18T10:15:00.002-05:002021-01-18T12:58:30.981-05:00a happy beginning after a very lengthy absence from most activity of painterly creations, today the muse told me she was about to give me the heave-ho if I didn't create something, anything. since my brain has been mooning about springtime and getting back to the garden, I felt I had a perfect subject matter, and found some reference photos to help me on my way to this new painting.I set up my little bancherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945741666486530256noreply@blogger.com2