HAPPINESS! mixed media

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

WOMAN

16"X20" acrylic canvas painted with square piece of cardboard.

having fun with technique of throwing paint then using a strip of cardboard to move paint around , great fun

FACE #2

FACE

ALONE

THE WOMEN

MOTHER

IN MEMORY OF LISA DECEMBER 7

“I carry you with me into the world, into the smell of rain and the words that dance between people and; for me, it will always be this way, walking in the light remembering being alive together.”

❥☆҉‿↗♡⁀↘♪♬.•*´¯`❥HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BEAUTIFUL AND CARING DAUGHTER, KATHY

the eye 11/20/2013

RED MACAW, BRAZIL

mixed media 11/29/2013 in black shadow box frame

2nd sat 11/09/2013

collage #2 of series

COLLAGE: :polymer clay face;material,silk, cotton, fibers, indianherb medicine bag, in black shadow box frame, acrylic paint. poem existence.

Ship in a sea of red

FLIGHT

eath Penalty Information Center Reginald Griffin, a death row inmate from Missouri, is a free man today making him the 143rd death row exoneree in the US since 1973. INNOCENCE: Another Exo

SYCAMORE ROW

Great reading, could not put it down!! great sequel, Grisham is wonderful and keeps you on the edge of your seat. I hope it is a movie soon and McConaughy still to play Jake.

THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS SOLD!

clearer photo of fiber art

if you have any interest in my pieces, please leave a comment here, I check the blog daily. thank you. ruie

Today is my son Tim's birthday!!

EXISTENCE / mixed media acrylics and fiber

poem:EXISTENCE soon, you shall be gone far away; so will I what then? will we find what we have been looking for?or will we find the mystery was solved long ago. fearful, always fearful, could it ever be? oh God, what kind of fools are we, born to know this love, yet to struggle against the mysterious that keeps us apart. If so,then I do not know why; but an existence like this , is a martyr's path and does not fit us well, we cannot! ruie

DVD / MIXED MEDIA FIBER AND ACRYLICS

ASPEN (ON THE MOUNTAIN)

tenement

bamboo and crane

PLEASE JOIN ME FOR REFRESHMENTS AND MUSIC AT DISTINCTION GALLERY, SAT NOV 9TH 6-10 PM, 317 EAST GRAND, ESCONDIDO

BLUE FACE

BIRD IN CANTINA

storm

Amsterdam

SPRING

early morning

SEPTEMBER

PLEASE, NO WAR IN SYRIA!!

Seen on Facebook today; FIX SYRIA? WE CAN'T EVEN FIX DETROIT!!

hand-painted gourd flower pot

I am not a cougar, just an older woman who has lived a very eccentric and interesting life; had a stroke and still recovering. Been married, been divorced; been in love, been loved; had six children, 10 grandchildren,5 great grandchildren and now a very happy camper! not looking; am in the next stage of my life, writing, painting , living; enjoying being alive!!

NOT MARILYN

Saturday

windy day

night blooms

PORTRAIT

MY VERSION OF AN ANONYMOUS ART WHICH I Have adapted to look like my granddaughter, Rachel,done with pastels, acrylic paint. a sponge and my finger.

with green as the focus color, this abstract painting was done with a spatula.

fracture

blue in august

FLAME; using speed painting tech.

fjame

ABSTRACT AUTUMN USING THE DRIP TECHNIQUE AND A SPONGE

HAPPY SUNDAY! HERE I AM STILL IN BLACK AT MY EASEL.

Abstract Acrylics;since my stroke, for control. I often paint with just my finger and a paper towel.

BRIAN BANKS

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CHICO

WHY THE NAME OF BLOG

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 Living Backstreet In 1933 my father was an entrepeneur of sorts and in his own way famous for being able to survive the depression by becoming Moon Mullins, Master of Ceremonies, band leader, writer of music and promoter of Marathons/Walkathons throughout the eastern and mid-western states. Just the year before, he married my mother and wrote a beautiful song entitled "Backstreet". There was a movie "Backstreet" about a woman who was the mistress of a wealthy doctor; she bore him a child and he and his society wife adopted the baby. The wife never knowing who was the real father. The mistress gave up the child in order to give it a chance in life and also so that she might remain a part of that life and while in immense sorrow, she remained the doctor's mistress until she died, alone and bereft upon her daughter's 21st birthday. In the song, she cries, "I'll be waiting backstreet for you...." The song was ultimately recorded by Billie Holiday and has remained a force in my life ever since. Why? Because it speaks of love, a kind of unconditional love, an unrequited love, a love that lasts forever and I am a sucker for that kind of love. Anyway, that explains the title of this Blog, in case you were wondering.

HAND-PAINTED GOURD BIRDHOUSE

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MOULIN ROUGE

masque

FIRST HAND--PAINTED GOURD NOT FINISHED