Color Master
To me, art has always been about the use of color.
Vibrant. Full spectrum. Organic. I dream in color.
Emerging visions transfer to canvas and glass through rich mediums and brilliant hues. Like spiritual alchemy.
Art in Progress
Inspiration
Another Aries artist, Zoli, whom I met through a cosmic occurrence, is the creator of beautiful Mandalas and designs of a spiritual and healing nature. After working a day at her art show in '99, she generously offered me one to take home, which ended up at the end of my hallway; a sort of green and purple portal into another realm if you keep walking into the wall (I should try it sometime). This woman of lavish pulchritude was the reason I began drawing my own designs; and in my years of struggling with "The Silent Passage" these colorful interpretations manifested out of my changing body and crazy mind's painful, depressing, confusing, yet enlightening forbearance. Ugh.
The Body & Soul Collection
Out of my decades of suffering from a willful body and mind, not yet coming to know why or how or when, I was at least able to project my anger and frustration onto canvas paper through a colorful array of symbols and patterns. I would begin with a circular design (Mandala) in the center and then, without really knowing where it would lead, let the design take over. Before long, the piece would reveal itself as a part of me that I had been dealing with all alone because the doctors couldn't help and I did not have my mother to confide in anymore. As an unexpected result, these esoteric mind and body "windows" came together to form a collective "me" and show that I, too, am a survivor.
In the beginning
As long as I can remember, I have been drawing. Mostly horses and women and flowers. I would create art out of whatever I could find in my possession - scratch paper that my father, an English teacher, would bring home from school, inside-out cereal boxes, paper bags - and hang them on the wall in my bedroom, or give them away to friends and family. Art was a fun and easy way of expressing my thoughts and emotions during special times in my life, through rites of passage and difficult times, such as my mother's banishment and being a meek voice among eight siblings.
My Favorite Products
Prismacolor
These watercolor markers are exceptional in quality and endurance. I bought my first set from a small office store in the early nineties and am still using some of them today (2023). The versatility of the dual end - small nib or wide chisel tip - works great for scalability and you can count on their permanence and blendability, whether color to color or with a colorless Prismacolor blending marker. Their vibrant hues maintain integrity on canvas paper and set beautifully within seconds. For a different stroke, the paintbrush tips of my daughter's set offer an artistic flourish with that same Prismacolor precision.
Canva-Paper
Foundation Series Canva-Paper 12x16 pad is the only brand I use for my Body & Soul Collection and other pieces. The canvas texture of the paper is durable, yet workable for mediums such as Prismacolor markers or acrylic and oil paints. I love the luxurious look of my finished pieces and how well the paper stands up to manipulation and holds true to colors while never bleeding. This heavy, luxurious paper is a fine product for fine art.
Art Studio by Battat
I am a spoiled wife. Every time my husband goes on a road trip he comes home with something from a garage sale, church rummage sale, or thrift store. Sometimes, it's a rock or a shell or a piece of melted glass from the beach. Well, this time he had twenty dollars in his pocket and brought me home an amazing all-in-one Art Studio by Battat. Not a rock! Although the easel is a little difficult to set up the first few times, the contents on the inside make it all worthwhile. You done good, hubby! Happy wife, happy life.
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