Visions of Joy

ANNA FLOWER

archival digital print, 1/2022

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VISION

archival digital print, 1/2022

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Two new pictures completed this new year 2022, a year that we are hoping will be better than the train wreck of 2021.  I am grateful to be an artist in these troublesome times.  Time spent in my studio is an escape from "reality" into the "flow state" of creating.  Making art enriches my life, and I believe that creating beauty makes the world a bit better.  

Who or what are these images that I create?  Are they Goddesses, dreamy earthlings, Angels, figments of my imagination, fantasies??  They are illustrations of the joy that I search for in life.  Metaphors for enlightenment.  

Lately, I have thought of a reply that I can use if someone asks me, "What is your religion?".  My answer is, "I am a Spiritual Seeker".    

I have been wondering "What is belief?"  A mental construct of our minds, that satisfies our earthling needs for reassurance that life has meaning.  Mental scaffolding for our baffling questions about existence.  I think that most religious teachings are metaphors for something, for what? for our basic need to know what we should be doing with our life.  

I believe that there is a spiritual realm.  Something so above our limited verbal capabilities, something beyond words.  The spiritual realm can be experienced in elevated states of consciousness.  The experience may be more accurately communicated through images than words.

 

LOOK UP

LOOK UP, SUNSET

acrylic on panel, 24"x16", about 2018

LOOK UP, GOLD 

photograph on easel

 LOOK UP, GOLD

acrylic on panel, 24"x16", about 2018

A triad of paintings, women's heads that are partially transparent, merging with the deep landscape.  The women are clothed in flowers, some with jewel like centers.  They are looking up.  Reaching for spiritual transcendence.  Feeling merged with the universe.     

FLUID ENDURANCE

 

FLUID ENDURANCE

acrylic on panel, 24"x16", painted a few years ago

FLUID ENDURANCE

 photo on a small easel

FLUID ENDURANCE, acrylic on panel, 24"x16", from a few years ago. What does it mean? Your guess is as good as mine, ha ha. I guess that she is having a spiritual experience. The circular motion and the integration of the head with the sky illustrates expanded consciousness. I use art to communicate the explorations of my mind. E-mail me to purchase.

Walk Tall, Two

 Walk Tall, Two

archival print, collage on panel, digital, 21-9-29

Another image of Walk Tall, with different colors and composition.  

When I make art I am in the zone.  Color fascinates me.  Different combinations of colors contribute to the mood of the piece.  I favor sinuous lines and also use geometrix squares and zig zags. Harlequin patterns. Mandalas. 

Lately, I have done a few portraits of imaginary women.  A variety of styles appear.  I start with a rough in of the features.  Sometimes, that is all I do, the face is cartoonish.  Other times, the face evolves to abstract geometrix.  I think that the most frequent style that i use for faces is painterly realistic.  I keep working until I get an expression that I like.   

While I make decisions and create lines, shapes and color, I am in the zone.  Totally involved in a process that I enjoy.  I follow my muse, she is always showing me something new.  Making art, for over 50 years, has evolved my spirit.  

Art is the way to communicate visually.  You are invited to explore this path with me. 

WALKING TALL

WALKING TALL

Giclée collage on panel,  digital, prints

9/2021

WALKING TALL, close up

WALKING TALL,  face close up

The color glows, intense and harmonious.  The woman is walking through a flower mandala. There is a spiritual aura to her, perhaps she is traversing a portal to another state of consciousness. 

Collage giclée of digital elements on panel.  Also available as an archival print.  Hanging on your wall, it will add a touch of joy to your room.  E mail me for collage,  go to Saatchi to order an archival print.  

lunazure101@gmail.com

https://www.saatchiart.com/janetboydart

            

Skelly Kats, Artistic Katrina Response

Saxie Skelly

Archival print, 2006

Shut up and Dance

Archival print, 2006

 Wicked Good Boogie Band

Archival print, digital, 2006

Bringing back New Orleans, One Song at a Time.  Shut Up and Dance.  Music in Your Hair.  Wicked Good Boogie Band.

Here at the Studio in the Swamp, (Washington Parish, Louisiana), Katrina was much worse than Ida.  We enjoy being surrounded by forest. This is where I want to live, I love being surrounded by trees. Katrina tornados took all the leaves off of the trees.  The canopy was bare from the end of August, until the next spring, when Mother Nature revived herself.  I am grateful that our house and studio were not damaged.  We were without power for six weeks.  To cool off and bathe, we swam in the spring fed creek.  We did OK, because we like camping.  We did OK, but when the power came back on we were ready to really appreciate electricity. 

New Orleans was settled in 1718, she has survived many storms and the civil war.  Soon, New Orleans will be better than ever.

Amethyst Dance

  Amethyst Dance

Archival ink jet print,  9/21

Joyful, exhilarated, happy, energetic, beautiful,  Jumping for joy.  Almost flying.  This is how I want to feel.  When I create these  uplifting images I feel happy.  

I really like how the colors came together here.  The saturated blue, purple and green are brilliant without being garish.  The rich colors are jewel like,  like an amethyst. I have been working with this color combo for a while, and they really created rich harmony here.  

Oh! These terrible times.  Damn!  Pandemic, war, hurricane, flooding.  Government, politics, shut the damn TV off.  Just let me focus on making things better in my little corner of the world.  I try to think positive.  Every cloud has a silver lining.  I am Queen of Denial.  

We got a bit of damage from that bitch Ida. Here in Washington Parish, maybe about a hundred miles from the coast.   We have been focusing on cleaning up and repairing damage.  We were out of power for only two days.  Just long enough to make me grateful for clean water coming out of the tap.  Just long enough to appreciate electricity.  A tornado came through and downed some large trees that blocked the trail down to the creek.  A husky neighbor has done a lot of chain sawing, the trail is almost clear.  No damage to the house.  Thank Goddess.

This picture was created in photoshop.  I have been doing photoshop since the late 90's. You can order prints on canvas or paper ($60.00), from Saatchi Art Online.  

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 I often use photoshop pictures as a guide to create paintings.  I would love for you to commission a painting of this picture.  Or any other pxs you see on this blog.  Just G-mail me and tell me what you want.  I could probably make the picture in a month or six weeks, depending on the size that you want. 

Thank Goddess for the activity of creating art.  Getting into the art creativity zone helps my mind to feel that I am making the world more beautiful.  The art zone is were I want to be.  When you look at this picture, I hope that you feel a bit happier.