Pink Therapy

On Wednesday night I go to therapy; and these past few weeks I have been doing PINK therapy; it’s a type of medicine that relieves pain, cures and restores health.

PINK is the universal color of love.

Pink is a combination of red and white. The energy in pink is determined by how much red you use.

Pink is a quiet color.

It combines fullness and energy and provides feelings of caring, tenderness, self-worth and love, acceptance.

… that and the smell of turps every Wednesday evening is so good for me … as the pink is just about finished I’m thinking, what is my next therapy color?

Perspective

Perspective - the ability to see something - judge - a point of view - an artistic point of view...or the use of drugs to make things look good :0

oh brother if you see what I'm painting now, you will need to smoke some really good stuff to appreciate it....but I'm ok with that! Really I am!! 

(Worst feeling is that I missed last nights class because of parents evening zzzz)

Red

Red! 
It's the color of blood, love, rubies, strawberries, roses, fire, the perfect color for a dress or shoes. It is also Christmas and apples, cherries, lipstick and the best crayon in the box. The Ferrari. Love RED.


What a way to finish the year. Love these last tow paintings for this year. So bright and happy.
...I think it's my new favorite color.


What's on my mind for 2012?
Horses! I can't wait and already have a nice collection of pictures and have a huge canvas waiting for running horses. It's going to be tough...




For Leo




For Leo's mom

So for 2011 it's 'Good Bye RED'
xxx

A Special Place - Clarens




Endless mountain views

 This past weekend we just upped and went to one of our favourite places in SA – Clarens!   Left the boys at home with gran with no guilty feelings and took a very slow, very scenic and very beautiful drive to the Free State. It truly is a beautiful area no matter what season we're in. In winter the mountains are covered in snow, in spring it is absolutely breathtaking and around April when everything is dry in Jhb and yellow ochre in color in Clarens it is all about gold!  

We had a wonderful picnic, just the two of us, visited our friend Tina and then it was time to visit the galleries.

I love going to Clarens.  It’s a small village where you can park your car and just walk around the square and discover little shops with nice goodies to eat, to buy or to just admire.

I enjoy the galleries for the inspiration I get while there - Blou Donki, Johan Smith, Tina de Beer, Robert Badenhorst, ArteFunto and Essensual are some of my favourite galleries.


Poplar trees turning gold

The famous poplar trees turn from deep green to gold that is another reason why it is always busy with photographers and artists.  Every time we go there we find something different.



From dramatic to awesome blue skies everyday is different

This year we visited in April (my eager photographer looking for gold trees) and he gave Tina some of his photos for her portfolio file; material for new paintings. She returned the favor with an oil painting, that is why we made the impromptu visit last weekend. 


November is cherry festival time 






We collected our new painting! It is a beautiful typical Clarens scene.
Bought loads of cherries. 
And I left there rested, rejuvenated and very inspired! Ready to start my new painting.


Any chance you get go down to the Free State and do yourself a favor drive slowly so you can take in the space, the mountains, the breathtaking views and the beautiful South African skies. Stop at Clarens and take in the art. I LOVE my country.

One of my favorites

I love Jacaranda trees.  
And this is my prized possession - a painting by Francois Badenhorst.  It stands proudly in my lounge where all visitors can admire it.

And so of course I have painted jacarandas too...here is the photo used...

and here is my painting...I know it does not do the photo and the real tree justice, but it is one of my favorite paintings.  Can't wait for this years season so I can take more photos and start a new purple blue painting.  


I am proud of my first jacaranda tree painting.

A friend of the wind, you sway and bend, the blue Jacaranda, more lilac than blue...
I love you 

Perfect Moments



Perfect Moment 1 - Farm Gate 



On September the 29th art students from 'The Art Centre' are donating their art works for a charity auction and exhibition.  
Our art is being sold to raise funds for the St. Francis Orphanage and the Society for Animals in Distress.  


September is almost here and I still need to finish one more painting for the Perfect Moments Charity Exhibition.  I committed two paintings...and they should preferably be dry! Yuks!  Things are moving very slowly.  


The theme is 'Perfect Moments' so it can be anything we imagine to be perfect.  Some of the paintings that are finished and decorating the class walls are awesome.  I look at mine and ... oh well I wonder if it is good enough to be in the same room with those amazing paintings.


All I want is for one of my paintings to be sold, just one, it would boost my morale and creativity and give me some hope that maybe my work is not so bad. 

Life never seems to be the way we want it

but we live it the best way we can 

there is no Perfect life, 

but we can fill it with perfect Moments

wish me luck guys ...