More Celestial Stuff About Art

I am still in a celestial mood and have found a wonderful website for those that are feeling a bit "spacey" or are followers of clouds. It has great photographs and information about clouds, and paintings of all kinds related to clouds. Enjoy. http://cloudappreciationsociety.org

Speaking of the Sky

Time for more art.

I am still on an interstellar trip! One more effort on that theme and another abstract.  This is a series I feel that I can continue with at some point, until I am "spaced out" - a good starting title for the next one.

Galaxy

I am back for now to acrylic. I paint in watercolour or acrylic depending on the subject, the mood of the painting, or my mood at the moment.  (There is no clue to my mood in the medium, just so you know)
I just got back from Haliburton and am reminded again about the beauty of cottage country and the inspiration it provides. I photographed an old cottage which I have painted before for a friend, and now see other beautiful possibilities as it settles even more into the surrounding landscape like a grand dame. I have done about five landscapes from that area, and realize one could go on forever, as many artists do.
It is difficult to focus on one area of interest, when there are so  many fascinating subjects. Speaking of fascinating subjects, I am starting on my "nuns." Yes - sisters of the cloth. I did say I had trouble focusing, but so little time, and so many great potential ideas for paintings. My sisterly ideas came seeing some wonderfully human moments involving nuns from Rome and Quebec City.

Thought for the day: "Abstract art is a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered."   Al Capp

Please comment - I have very thick skin!

I'm Havin' a Heat Wave

This amazing spell of hot weather has made me want to do some loose and cool watercolours, or "watercoolers". The "nebulae" paintings are done with watercolour paint on yupo paper, which allows the paint to slip around in an easy way - just right for this weather. I had just read something about nebulae and found them very beautiful. When I slowly started to manipulate paint, I began to feel nebulous. There is art which is very planned, and there is art that "happens". The nebulae melted into my conscious. Nebula is from the Latin - "cloud". These are interstellar clouds of dust, and gases, some of them are very beautiful. I hope you enjoy mine. 

Nebula 1

Nebula 2