Affirmations

Hi all,

Yesterday I started the Kelly Rae on-line course....Flying Lessons.

It was our first day and it was amazing!!!

We were asked to consider our affirmations to ourselves.

This is mine and I would like to share it with you all.........

I believe in myself

I believe in my dreams

I believe in me!

I believe in my talent

I believe in my creativity

I believe in my skill

I believe in my heart

I believe in my soul

I believe in my life.

I believe in love

I believe in happiness.

I believe it is possible

I believe I can do it

I believe......I just do!

I am going to say this to my little angel Starzia, every single morning, as the sun rises for a new day!! (She is an early riser!!)

But as the age old saying goes....the early bird catches the worm.

My daughter is always such an inspiration to me.

She is actually watching a movie while I check my emails etc and something was happening on the movie and she spoke out load to the characters saying "Never give up. Keep trying!!!"

Out of the mouth of babes. So true...so amazing....so gorgeous!!!!

I will never give up!

Just an image to leave you with.......I designed this for the Rainbow Steiner playgroup in Geraldton. They are printing it onto t-shirts for kids.

I just love it!!!!

I hope you do too!

Here and now

Hi all,

Well we are here and we are unpacked!!!! YAY.

This is our driveway..........the rest is even more beautiful.

Being surrounded by trees is amazing. They are actually our curtains and there is something definitely magical about that.

I must say that I am so looking forward to becoming all earthy!!!! And what a lovely way for Starzia to grow up!!!

She already has her magical treasure bag that she takes with her on our bush walks to pick up any little treasures that she sees....such as honky nuts!!!!

Then about 5 minutes away we have these amazing falls.

Just beautiful.

As for the business side of things......

I am looking into running some after school art workshops for kids and possibly adults too.

All looking good and have lots of interest already!!!!

Then my new summer range of clothing all designed and ready to be sewn. I will upload my designs as soon as I have made a sample.

Then Starzia, my beautiful model, is going to model this new season range, amongst the gorgeous trees. My little tree sprite:)

So much to do, so inspired, so happy:)

Skye:) and Starz*

Trees, trees and more trees!!

Hi all,

Well this is our very last day in Geraldton!!

Wow!! It seems so unbelievable.

It is so exciting to start a new chapter in our lives though.

But we will miss so many things and the life we have made here for the past few years. The beautiful weather, the foreshore, the beach and all our special friends to name but a few.

I leave also with a few new commissions completed.

I thoroughly enjoy the challenge of commissions.

The problem solving and providing the "client" with something that they will love, in my style. It is so cool and I hope I get to do many many more.

An autumn coloured Greenough tree.............

...... full of my much loved texture!! I just love the tree trunk in this painting!!!!!

Then a very special and BIG project for some gorgeous friends of mine in their beautiful cafe, Salt Dish.

The final art work!

And the final look, with my gorgeous Starzia standing in front, to give some scale to the art work.

I thoroughly enjoyed doing this piece and hope that I do get more requests to draw on walls. I think I must be a big kid at heart!!!!

The first mark was nerve-wracking...but once that mark was made I absolutely loved it.

The scale and the application and everything about this project. It was so much fun!!!

And I love love the end result.

So from Greenough tree to Salt Dish tree to living amongst the trees down south, we are a very happy duo!!!

I also have been talking to an amazingly talented friend of mine who works with leather. She is making me a few things for my up and coming photo shoot of Starzia, displaying my new line of clothing!!!! So exciting!!!!! And we are working towards combining our art work in some way!! I can't wait to show you all.

So many exciting things are happening!!!

Life is good!!

Well safe travels to you all and next time I post I will be posting from amongst the trees down south:)

Till then.......

Skye:) and Starz*

Leaving. Moving. Growing.

Hi all,

What crazy days we have ahead of us!!!

Starzia and I are moving to the beautiful South West in a weeks time!!!!!!

Our little flat is empty, except for a bed!!!! And life moves forward.

I have a strange, mixed feeling about leaving.

Excitement and sadness all rolled into one.

There are so many beautiful and magical people here, that have become very precious to me and it will be sad to say goodbye.

I am getting more and more commissions....which is so exciting and complimentary at the same time. It just seems like I am leaving a lovely town where life is just started to take shape.

But the wheels are already in motion and there are lots of reasons to go too!!

I love it down south and the universe has conspired to help me in so many ways to make this move possible. It's actually incredible.

Who knows what the future holds???

We just have to take our life in both hands, make the choices that seem to make sense, ride the wave and wish for the best!!!!

Skye:)

Winter Festival

Hi all,

Starzia and I spent last Saturday out at the Steiner Winter Festival Camp.

What a lovely and magical day!!!!!

We went for a gorgeous walk down by the river and my little fairy imp was running through the sour grass, jumping over puddles and laughing with her friends. She had not a care in the world and seemed like such a free spirit. I was such a delighted and smilie mom:)

Then we returned to "camp" and I painted faces, with a gorgeous friend, for about 4 hours!!! The line never ended!!!!!

While I was doing this my gorgeous, independent Starzia was making damper on a stick, playing with giant bubbles and running with her friends.

(All photo's courtesy of Ali!)

Then my most favourite part of the day was our lantern walk.

(Plus the beautiful puppet show. The adults as well as the kids were completely spellbound!!)

This was the story of the Princess who promised a frog that he could eat off her plate, drink from her glass and sleep in her bed. Her father, the King, said that if she made the frog a promise she had to keep her word and do as she said.

Here are some photo's of Starzia and I.

I think that these days spent with friends, out in nature, are precious!! I will remember this day for a long time to come and I think that it will be a precious memory for my gorgeous girl too. What a gift to give to your children ..... a life full of gorgeous memories like this. I hope to give her many many more!!!!

Skye:) and Starz*

Commissions - love them!

Hi all,

I have recently been bombarded by requests for artwork, or commissions!! It is such a thrill thinking that people love your work so much that they are requesting a piece from you. Very cool!!

I love doing them as they provide a whole new set of challenges that push you as an artist and creative being. Plus there is always a time frame attached which makes a busy life, very interesting.

It's wonderful when people tell you what they would like the painting to be about and the colours they would like used. The only tricky thing is that hopefully the image you produce way exceeds the expectations that they have in their minds eye.

These are a few images from my most recent request. I thoroughly loved doing this piece...even though it took me a little while to figure out how I was going to get it to work.

This was the final piece. It was 80"x 24". Sorry it is so small, I tried for ages to make it bigger but just couldn't get it to work!!

This is a close up showing some of the detail, texture and overlapping. Even these little segments would make a wonderful artwork in itself.

Have I told you just how much I love love texture!!!!!!

I love how the material really gives the impression of moving, rippling water.

And these 4 fish in a row!!!!! Gorgeous! I love the spray paint on their gills!

Part of my love for texture is achieved by using mixed media in my work. This piece has material, paper, copper foil, spray paint, acrylic paint, water colour and doilies.

This is a lovely angle seeing the fish swim off into the distance.

Then a great friend of mine had a little play with her iphone and histomatic application and these are the resulting images. I am not too sure about the green images, but it is definitely nice to have a play and see the different effects.

This is me working on the painting.......

I am very pleased that the painting is now hanging on the wall of the owner and I hope that they enjoy it each and every time that they see it and find something new, different and interesting on each viewing!!

I keep thinking that this piece would look stunning with resin poured all over it.

Even turning it into a table top!!!

So many ideas......................................

Skye:) and Starz*

Feeling a little bit famous?!

Hi all,

I have been putting my art work into a local gallery called Latitude Gallery. It has been very exciting seeing my work, especially my lighthouses, walking out the door and hearing people talking about how they love the texture in my paintings!! It is a lovely feeling people liking what I absolutely love doing!!

I recently saw that 2 of my art works were in both of the front windows of the gallery showing 2 strong landmarks of Geraldton....the lighthouse and the leaning Greenough tree.

So I just had to take a photo because I felt a little bit famous!!!!!!

This is my feeling "a little bit famous" outside the gallery.

This is my latest lighthouse picture, titled "Sea light"

This is the amazing leaning Greenough tree that I have called "Greenough Bend"

Starzia just saw me writing my post and saw the photo's that I was uploading and she said, "You are just amazing mom and I think you look lovely with your paintings!"

I think I am feeling just a little bit famous all over again!!!!

Enjoy the day and feel special because you are.

Skye:) and Starz*