Winner for the Expressionistic Print!

Hi!
Thank you to all those who entered the contest!
Sorry I'm a little late with the draw. I was out
of town on Sunday, and didn't return till late.
Everyone came up with great titles, and to be fair
I wrote them all down on paper, and placed them in a hat.
The winner is Kimmie, and the titled for the painting
is Enlightened Journey.

Mariette xox

Finally a little bud!

I've had this cactus for years, and it never flowered for me. Well this year, I noticed little buds on the leaf nodes about four weeks ago. I watched with interest as these started growing, and growing. It is a very slow growth process, and not to sure what the flower will look like. It seems that every day I look at it it's grown a little.

I have a Christmas cacti that blooms every year; and

it's also blooming now. This is a different cacti, with

bigger leaves. Here it is in early stage.

Mariette xox

Balancing Acts~Acrylic Collage

Collage on watercolor board.

Mariette xox

PRINT GIVEAWAY! Expressionistic Acrylic Collage

As an artist I think it's important to experiment .
It broadens our horizon, and opens up our mind.
I was inspired by an artist from Cincinatti by the
name of Merle Rosen http://www.merlerosen.com/ ,who
works in a variety of media. I took an online workshop http://storefront.theplatform.com/GetStorefrontEvent.event?page=6&pid=CK4RjzktyKz5nA4WCxJG2wuzZPcrnbsW with
two videos from Merle Rosen, and was inspired by her.
I wanted to try it out myself.
Your in touch with your stream of consciusness during this
painting process, and results in interesting outcomes.
When I was finished with this first piece it aroused a sense
of joy, and contentment . I was giddyish , like a child every
time I looked at it.
I used recycled material from my kitchen for stamping.
The collage was done on a watercolor canvas board, and
collage pieces on yupo paper
I used various gel mediums, and acrylic paints
Now, I want a name for this painting.
Please enter and give this painting a name.
I will choose the title i like best then the winner will
win a print.
You can enter more than once, if you come up with
another title.
The deadline is Feb. 14th!
The winner will be announced on Feb. 15th!



Mariette xox

Waiting....

From an art site I belong to ..Host had ole picture

of his great great grandma. He

wanted us to color her up a bit.

I totally changed the mood of the photo.

In the photo she had a black dress with

white frilly front, and sitting down.

She had a very long tragic life,

and four husbands!!!

Phew!

Waiting for whom?

Waiting for what?

Umm I wonder!

5" x7" canvas boards

Pearls Of Art and Buddhist Wisdom

Hello Dear Friend Bloggers,
I've created a new Ning group called Pearls of Art and Buddhist Wisdom.

http://peacefulgoddess.ning.com/

I was originally in MSN GROUP; but they are closing their group services, and decided this would be a good place to migrate.

We are celebrating Green Tara Goddess of compassion in action in Tibetan Buddhism from January 26/09 -February 24/09
We will aim at reciting 10,000 mantras (333 a day plus one extra one on any day to add to the 10,000) .;-)
More information about the Goddess Tara can be find at Pearls of Art and Buddhist Wisdom.
The site is fairly new , and it will take awhile to grow again,
and transfer some of the existing data from the old site.
Hope you will join in, and invite your friends
Wishing you all a day of love and light;-)

Mariette xox

~Brag Book~

Inspired by Misty Mawn Altered Photo day Misty's altered photo challenge.
I am creating what's called a "Brag Book".

This is also inspired by the Somerset Workshop Magazine (August 2008 issue)

by artist Shona Cole.

Here are my three altered photos so far

In this little book I'll be bragging about Bijou

my cat.;-)))

I am not to sure how many pages I will make for

the book. I used 81/2 x 51/2 handmade paper

with a coat of gesso on both sides. Just love

working on this.

Will continue with progress on other posts.

Mariette xox

I Saw Some Flamingos

Pink Sunday...

Indeed , indeed

There I was

As I saw the most beautiful

flamingos.

I was sitting

here trying to figure out

what to draw in pink lol

Pink bubblegums, pink cottoncandy,

how about pink icing on a cake, pink tutu ,

or pink rosy cheeks from all that cold air outside.

I'll settle with the pink flamingos;-)))

Mariette xox

Mariette xox