newest paintings, and more in the shop!

it's been a busy few days for the man and myself, getting new photos up in the shop for lots of cool merchandise!  we have seven new paintings up, with loads of ways to get my art in your hands, from inexpensive note cards to the more pricy items.  i want to make sure you can afford my art!

three of my paintings made a double appearance with the full painting and then a cropped version.  the views are also a little different for mugs and phone cases, and of course shirts, which i think are pretty cool!

we have "trust";

as a laptop skin

as a shirt

and a mug, among other things

and cracking open, two versions as totes and other items;

this one has many items

this one is only for prints and tote bags

buddha also has many options to choose from;

and a different look, cropped from the painting;

these are all available at my store, HeavenSpirit Creations

i've also started two new paintings over the last few days.

"starchild" in progress

and a project near to my heart, of my 15 year old pup, pita;

here he watches over my work

in progress

need to work on his eyes

with his photo as reference

i'm pretty happy with how these are turning out, so you may see them in the shop soon.

until later,

jenny

cracking open, a canvas

well, my muse spoke with this canvas!  i had to blog twice in one day, because it came so clear what needed to happen with this one.  it blew me away.

this canvas was one i found for dirt cheap at the flea market, already painted, and only after i bought it did i notice it had a rip in it.  i was discouraged and it sat for a while.  it was taped on the other side so hadn't noticed at first.

today, after painting on it, layer after layer, the old tape wore off and exposed the bold gash.  again, i was discouraged.  especially after doing such a cool painting on it!

the rip is above the blue squares and right below the top left purple circle

as i relaxed it dawned on me that the layers i painted, the boxes and circles showing all the depth, was like the canvas was cracking open, and the rip also was a cracking open of the canvas.

i knew i needed to paint myself as a bereaved mother, cracking open, ripped apart, but gaining so much depth, so much wisdom, so much faith in something MORE.

i saw where her/my head needed to go.   a purple circle was in the perfect spot and had the right feel for how i wanted the head to be.  not too realistic.

i was scared to mess up, but i trusted it would be the painting it needed to be.  the symbology was already there.  symbols of my three biological kids, of my six kids altogether, of my five kids left, our eight family members before winter died...  it was all there.

i let go, and she poured out of the crack, the rip, the crevice.

the rip is in her chest/throat area

i may leave the rip as it is, or i may adhere a piece of cloth or canvas behind it to make sure it doesn't become more damaged.  it isn't finished still.  some finishing touches need to happen before i am completely satisfied she is whole in her own healing way.

i will update on this blog post when she is totally finished.

until later,

jenny

finding the groove

i'm taking a class and am watching artist videos on youtube, and i'm catching on to this playing-with-your-art thing.  yesterday i got started with this canvas, making sure to keep my colors in their own families to prevent the dreaded mud until dry.  creating these playful layers has gotten fun.  instead of overthinking which color and what kind of mark making i should do next, i just went with the flow.

"hello Flo"

wow, the lighting needs to be worked on!  sorry about that!

this is with more layers, and taken outside to photograph

i need to figure out this lighting problem if i'm going to get going with selling prints and such!  the first photo is more representative of the depth of the colors.  it is not nearly finished, i'm guessing.  a few areas are bothering me still, but it needs to dry and i need a break.

here are a couple more canvasses in progress;

and

so, i now have three new canvasses in progress, seven little chakra canvasses to finish, and maybe three others that i got bored with that still need attention.  hmmm.  i think i need an intervention.  but, when the muse whispers, 

                                          i. 

                                             must. 

                                                       listen!

until later,

jenny