“when in doubt, make a fool of yourself. there is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. so what the hell, leap. ~cynthia heimel, "lower manhattan survival tactics"
everyday during the school year, i walk my son back and forth to school. it is a lush walk on a city street, mostly shady, taken among a hawaiian fern and moss-covered-rock. sometimes i gather up pretty little weed blooms, pods and heart shaped rocks that i find along the way. and always i am gathering up images, and dreaming day dreams as i make my walk back home.
{ her dreams began to bloom | 12" x 12" mixed media }
she started as this:
and then became this...
then i found this:
eureka! testing out my ideas in photoshop first...(the green vine ended up as green little doodles in the photoshop version)
then a sketch on some tracing paper to see how the images would overlay...
see the delicate leaves on the tiny green shoots?...inspiration from the vine.
this painting is my first attempt at capturing and putting down on paper, all of the images i collect on the daily walks with my children...i’ve been reflecting on how to express the fleetingness of innocence and magic of childhood, so here's to a new start. more to come! more to come!
