Turquoisebrush

It started back in December, my hands started to give me issues.  I freaked out because you need your hands to do everything!  I also enjoying writing and painting so if I were to get to where I couldn't do those things anymore I would be lost.  Seriously lost! They both have a great deal to keeping me balanced and peaceful in my life.   My right hand started to hurt the worst in my thumb and wrist while all my fingers would ache.  My left wasn't as bad but soon it became the same as the right one. I have arthritis in my finger tips and in both wrist, worse in my right one. Also suffering from De Quervain's Tenosynotitis-a paint condition affecting the tendons on my thumb and side of wrist.  It will take a long time to heal the tendon until then I have to take it easy and go in for shots of cortisone to help. I have had two rounds of shots in my wrists, they hurt so bad also left bruising from the inside out. Then there is the snow! Winter winter.....why have you come on to

I painted this desert scene awhile back.  I hung it on my wall when I was done.  I wasn't too excited about it when I first finished. I liked it but I just felt like I wasn't done with it yet.  I've left it alone for several week until one day recently I decided I knew what I wanted to do with it.  I wanted to change up the sky.   I love it now! I love how stormy it looks.  I'm not sure what to call it yet. I had one suggestion of Monsoon and one suggested Desert Sunset.  I like both names, I will decide soon. That is how it is at times, I paint something and then I'm not sure I'm done with it and let it sit then decide and go from there.

 I love to listen to running water, it could be from a little fountain to a rushing river, or the crashing waves on a lake or a gentle rain on a tin roof.  I would love to visit a place with a gorgeous flowing waterfall somewhere hidden, a little hidden paradise.  As I painted this on the other day it was a cold crisp day with several inches of snow on the ground outside my window.  I couldn't help but put on a little music and drift away with it as I painted a place in my mind that would be beautiful and peaceful to stumble upon. I named this on Paradise Falls. Its a 24 x 24 unframed stretched canvas.  I'm asking $400.00 for it. I hope you enjoy looking into it as much as I do, enjoying a place other than the snow outside my window.

I hope you enjoy your day today! I hope it is a beautiful day but if it doesn't turn out like you had planned just know its okay.  Sometimes you have to look hard but there is always a little joy or blessing that you can be find to be thankful for.   Thank you for supporting me and being a fan as I explore my passion with painting.  The two paintings showing are a few from when I first started this journey.  If you ever see a painting that you enjoy and would like to purchase it please reach out to me. I'd love to chat and see how we can make that happen for you.

                                               (Enjoy this fun watercolor on paper, I did a week or so ago) "Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is a painting that is felt rather than seen." Leonardo de Vinci

  Colors of Spring is my latest painting. I painted this one just over the weekend on Saturday.  I was trying to keep myself occupied and distracted after having my wisdom teeth on the bottom surgically removed on Thursday.  I was so swollen and in pain but had to keep busy on Saturday.  I grabbed a canvas my daughter had given to me for my birthday last May (still leaving behind the really big for one now....it scares me little lol)  Anyways this one is a 24 x24 canvas. I took left over paint from a previous painting that I finished up. I had no plan of what I was going to paint.  Sometimes my favorite thing to do is just spread paint and blend colors all over the canvas and then the ideas flow from there and that is what happened!   As you can see or maybe it was just me at the time…but with the nice green color it turned into shapes of big leaves started to develop.  So I went with it! As I started developing the leaves a little more flowers were the next thing that had to happen. 

 My best painting buddy, Kim has inspired me to try other mediums instead of my acrylics. The big pink flower was created with oil pastels.  Oil pastels are messy but fun to use. I've really enjoyed playing with them.  My buddy finds them way too messy for her to use.  I like the mess of it, there is something about using your fingers to blend out the color that is satisfying and soothing.  It might sound a little odd but you should try it and see what I'm talking about. The butterfly with the flowers is a mixed medium, several different mediums were used to create this picture.  I took a piece of watercolor paper and used sheet of carbon paper to trace the butterfly onto the watercolor paper. I used oil pastels, watercolor colored pencils, water colors, markers, and some acrylic paints too.  I love how vibrant the colors stand out.  It was fun just to let go and use all those items.  It made for an interesting picture.  I plan on framing it and seeing if someone would like to