BeLeaf

I've been leaving my Altered Book alone for the moment and have been working on a few other things instead. I hope to be posting a new painting sometime next week. It's not finished as I've been reading the Twilight series which I'm on the last book now so not too much longer. Work has been incredibly slow so I've been working on a digital piece. Here it is, only a day late, but this is my tribute to Earth Day. The woman and the leaves were first drawn on a scrap piece of paper that would have otherwise been thrown away. (See, I recycled) I scanned it into my lovely work computer and went to town in Illustrator. Some of you might be asking why I didn't use Photoshop and the answer is simple. We don't really have a big use for Photoshop at work (although it would be helpful sometimes) so boss is too cheap to get it. Oh well, Illustrator worked out well and I'm happy with it. I think I may print this one out and frame it which I've never done with one of my digital illustrations. The name of this one is "BeLeaf". Cheesy I know, but I've never been really good at coming up with clever names. Oh well, belief that life will go on. Belief that every ending has a beginning. Take it in and breath it out. WOOOSAAAA!

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The Man That Did It All

Dali has to be one of my most favorite artists. His paintings are strangely appealing as well as his eccentric performances. He was a madman and a genius. When asked in an interview what he thinks he's contributed to art, he replied "To Art, nothing, absolutely nothing. I've always said I'm a very bad painter because I'm too intelligent to be a good painter. To be a good painter you've got to be a bit stupid..."

Red Winged Blackbird

Red Winged Blackbird

8"x10" Acrylic Paint on Plexi-glass

I was very pleased with my latest piece. I've seen a few artists paint on plexi-glass and decided that it was something I wanted to give a go. It's challenging in the fact that you have to think in layers, backwards. The smaller pic is of the three 1/8" plexi-glass layers separately as well as combined. As always you can click on the image to make it larger. I used regular acrylic paint which worked out very nicely. There are clear rubber pads between to give it even more of a 3-D look. It does look better in person than on scan as you can really see the difference in layers. I'm going to frame it this weekend and maybe I'll take a picture of it. Who knows, it may photograph better.

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Next Four Spreads

Here's the next four spreads of my altered book. Most of it has been created using acrylic paint and chalk pastels. Pages 15 & 16 were inspired by lyrics of a song which I can't remember the name..LOL. Pages 17 & 18 are were inspired by the song "Comes and Goes" by Greg Laswell which is on my player. Pages 19-22 were inspired by a poem I wrote a long time ago. It's not the complete version so I posted it below that pic.

Pages 15 & 16

Pages 17 & 18

Pages 19 & 20

Pages 21 & 22

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TRAPPED (written by Heather Gordy - 03/10/07)

Foam melts; Disappears...
It's a friend of water.
Untrusty... Unstable liquid lost in the effervescent lies surrounded by voids in time.
Foam settles on murky waters, dissolving truths cast in shadows dark.
Silent;
Trembling on broken wings as it softly dances on lips of deceit.
In this place of deadly dreams it lurks.
Devilish eyes spy on bursting bubbles caught in a trance that binds it to this world.
Showing bloody hands and open arms, it sits patiently...
Waiting in chartreuse symphonies filled with childish games and daisy chains.
Frothy, cold and restless.
It's a formulation of perfection.
Biological inventions;
Somewhere between solid and gaseous manipulation.
Foam dreaming of becoming water becoming ice.
Polluted memories of smothering control, immolated by savage uses of potential mayhem.
Combustible maniacs of chemistry equations.
Matter left over...
Overused;
Sprayed with powdered delusions of reckless hearts and battered bones.
Foam melting into salted crystals and burned by flames upon silver.
Injected, inhaled, shot, smoked, absorbed;
Ripping through to the center.
A sodium delight meant for chambers under pressure.
Pure, impure, real, untrusty, unstable;
Foam dissolving into water.
It lurks... No longer alone.

Tree Top Circus

Tree Top Circus 16" x 20" Acrylic on Canvas Board

This was another one that was stuck in the closet. I decided to drag it out and post it here for your veiwing pleasure. When I first painted it, last year, I wasn't sure if I even liked it. I think it finally grew on me and I plan on framing it in the near future.

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Recycle, Reuse & Repurpose Life

Pages 11 & 12. Acrylic Paint, Chalk, Ink, Plastic, Metal and Receipts make up these pages. My attempt to recycle more than newspaper and milk cartons.

Pages 13 & 14. Chalk and graphite. I decided to do some life drawing which I haven't done in ages. Boy am I out of practice. Figuring she needed a little help not to draw so much attention to her, that I added a flower. It helped...I think

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