Memory Dream Myth

 

Every year or so, the art shop where I work on Saturdays has a group show. This year it was titled "Memory dream myth". I did not get the big painting I was working on for the show finished in time however it was a really fun show to be a part of from start to finish. The opening night was great and three of my works found new homes.

 

My pictures "Lily in Bialowieza" above and "Dragon" below.

 

Ingrids big ceramic garden flower lady.

 

Phthalo haze

New paintings from the last few month. I seem to be lost in a dream vision of phthalo blue, green and purple.

 

 "Birth" acrylic on canvas.

 "Butterfly daze" watercolor on Arches paper.

"ice flowers" watercolor on Fabriano paper.

Bialowieza

I cant quite decide if I'm finished with this watercolor piece or not. I am aware that I still  try to paint with watercolors like I would with acrylics, so I don't  want to overwork it. Maybe a few more delicate touches on the hair and a couple more reflections on the water. This is based on a picture of the Bialowieza forest in Poland. The forest is one of the last remnants of old growth lowland forest left in Europe and one of the places I most want to visit. Once the forest covered most of Europe and was know as the "Hercynian forest" or "Hercynia silva" in Latin, which is the what this blog is named after.

In other news, I have also been screen printing some bags and tshirts. I love the soft misty effects I got by using watery washes of dye. I have some tops already listed on etsy and more are on the way.
 https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/styx2stars

Back to life.

Its been a very long time but it looks like we are back up and running. Thanks for your patience with all these tec problems. So much has happened since I was last able to update on this blog. I think rather than try to recall a whole year I'll just share a couple of new art pictures and turn to the future.
If all goes well I should be posting regularly again from now on. I'm so glad, I really didn't want to give up on this blog, they become like little story books of life that are hard to leave behind.

Sorry no pictures

Hello .
I have been unable to upload any pictures to this blog for some time now. It is very frustrating and so far I cant find an answer. If you are interested in what I have been up to please head over to my facebook https://www.facebook.com/HercynianElf . It is not as visually pleasing but at least it works. I am not giving up on this blog yet but I am starting to worry that I might have to.

Craft fair

 

Hello. I had some trouble logging onto my google account so there hasn't been an update for quite a while. A lot has happened and a lot of art and craft has been done since I last posted. Firstly A friend and I recently took part in the big craft fair held 4 times a year. We had a great day out and got lots of idea's for the next one. Bellow are some pictures of my stall and some of the items I made. Amongst other things I had painted wine glasses, book marks original paintings and postcards.

 

 

 

  I have also started modifying dyeing and painting up cycled clothe and I am very pleased with the results. I will be listing some of my tops on Etsy as soon as I get some good photos of them, so keep your eyes out. The top bellow was a regular t-shirt, it is trimmed to shape then painted with bleach and the hems are over locked.

flower fay.

 Two new faerie paintings to share today. I finished both of these in the last couple of weeks but was unable to post them because of some computer problems. So first we have a sweet spring time flower faerie, done in watercolour and pen.

Then we have a forest elf or sprite also a bit spring timeish. Again done with watercolour and pen. I was originally a bit unhappy with how the flowers turned out in this picture, they look to small and bitsely but its not bothering me so much now.

Two fay done in very different styles but both very colourful and floral.