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Dare to be Free

'Dare to be free' - oil on canvas 12 inch square

This painting is a play with my oils and a semi-abstract idea. Also there is a dried flower made golden and Sgraffito. Finished the top of the painting with a cold wax protective layer that encapsules the flower at the same time.

Time flies......

I saw "Frida" -the movie on TV the other day. I had seen this movie before, but that was a while ago now. It inspired me to make something Frida-ish again....she sold within a day.

Time flies when you're having fun.

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hehe, I heard a little innocent joke about two frogs: 

One frog says to the other:" Time's fun when you're having flies..." 

I had to laugh, I love frogs and I like simple jokes. The world is too dark as it is.

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But anyway....what I wanted to share with you today is this: I have been really really busy with lots of things and have not been able to find proper time to blog at all. I manage to quickly throw things on my Facebook page though, but that's about it. (So check out my page here if you want to see the quick posts) I am teaching lots of art classes and preparations (and patching up help in between) takes up quite a bit of my "spare" time. I desperately wish for some "me" art time and even that seems to be a little rushed, although..........see, there's the thing.....every disadvantage comes with opportunities and I am at a stage with my art that I actually wish for some "loosening up" in my works and not having an abundance of time to work on a project makes it so I HAVE to loosen up and accept the imperfect in my eyes as being a finished work. And I am studying different painting styles again and practicing when I can (see HERE) Stay posted I will share what I am up to of course, but for now, if you don't see anything here, check out (and "like" my page)

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Time......

Time flies, where does it go ? 

It's been quite a while since I blogged. I have been busy which is good of course. I have been challenging myself, done some 20 minute painting excercizes (want to keep doing that, they are so much fun and so exciting!) I have also started to do some palette knife excercizes again and this picture "Worship" is  the biggest knife painting I have done so far. Oh and one of my paintings has made it into the Beachside Art Auction (fundraiser for the Papamoa Kindergarten) on the 15th June (that's pretty exciting too) 

And my weekly classes have started again of course, so yes, this Miss Pippi is off the street and again searching desperately for more hours each day....but having loads of fun with everything.

Finally 20 minutes

Today we had torrential rainfall and the studio was nice and quiet.

Finally I could set my timer to do "20 minute paintings" I have been so busy with preparations for my classes, meetings, preparations for next schoolterm, catching up on work etc. that I hadn't even be able to find time for 20 minutes works. I was craving for some "me" painting, don't get me wrong, I am happy doing what I do, but sometimes I feel like I am forever making samples (which are quick paintings in their own right of course) but they are not really "my" paintings if you get what I mean ? They are technical examples for the students to learn from, so often they are not completely finished either, to show the process rather than just the finished work. So when my friend Jane Spakowsky came up with the solution of doing 20 minute paintings, I really felt like doing some. But wow, is it HARD !!!!! 20 minutes goes by so quickly when you're doing a portrait......I normally spend quite some time fiddling on portraits until I am happy. But... well, eventhough I was itching to change some things or add some things, I stopped when the buzzer sounded and here she is :

"Miss Sadie with Flowers" - 29 x 38 cm on wood

and then I quickly did a cardboard box for another sample becuase I still had to prepare for next week which is schoolholidays here and I always run art classes for kids in the holidays : A peacock

 

She brings Love

70 cm wide x 7 cm high

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She soars through the sky

pointing her arrow with hearts

bringing love to all she encounters

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KingFish

One of 4 freshly caught Sea Dogs for Off the Bench

caught 4 fresh ones, because the others went 'wandering' even before Easter weekend once they hit the shore at Waihi Beach ;)

-see the others here-

Fishermen and Seadogs

  I have been having me a bit of fun with some mariners and salty dogs lately ;) It all started with the idea of making a guardian or protector for my sultry driftwood mermaidens and some Ledoeufre inspiration. Once I start something, I can can carried away if I let myself....and so I did....here are the men I created so far from some choice chunks of wood I scored on the shores......

the Sailor with Gull ~ 80 x 10 cm

  

"fishing for Orange Roughy ~ 58x14x9 cm" 

a little Orange Roughy hiding in the "cave" ;)

Fisherman's Catch ~ 57 x 10 cm

the Fisherman + 7 fish from this post (click)

Iphone cases and skins ... and more !

I have recently set up shop at Society6 and they have such great products, it is so excited to see my own images on Iphone cases and skins and pillows etc.etc.

Maybe you see something you like...just follow the clickable links and have a look yourself. You shop on-line and get the goodies delivered on your doorstep !

Any design of mine that you would like to see, send me a message ;) 

IPhone cases and IPhone-IPod skins

Laptop-IPad skins

Pillows

BAM ! ZAP ! * Astro Power * Super Boy !

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 Another upcycled box for da boyz ;D
a vintage look for this superhero
 Check out all the sides

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the inside is painted like space-sky *

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 This box can be yours, email me here

Dwellings

Dwellings II 40x60 cm / 16x24 inch

Dwellings I 20x30 cm / 8x12 inch

With this warm weather (they call it a proper drought now) still going on here, I feel myself thinking about deserts more and more. I love deserts, they are not just sand and the ones I have visited were really beautiful, I have warm memories (pun not intended ;) These two mixed media works are very much inspired by desert-like, warm places... desolate... still, but the dust is flying in hot dry air....I really enjoyed making these, hope you like them too ♥

 

Dwellings II detail

 

Dwellings I detail

(they could be hung together as a diptych)

another one I made last week in pastels with some gesso, called 'Sinai'

~~ She's like a Rainbow ~~

   

The Rainbow Box 

 

woodburn design and painted in the amazing technicolours of the rainbow. Okay, so I started playing along with Jane Spakowsky's 10 day challenge and thought it would be kinda cool to make me do the 10 paintings in pink hues, since this is a colour I do not often choose. But after 5 of those pink/purple works I needed some other colours....don't get me wrong I like all the colours of the rainbow, I have no issues with any of them, it's just that one seems to get used to using certain colours more often than others. So I made this box....and called her "She's like a Rainbow" thought that was fitting all this thinking about colours I was doing......It's a box with space for 15 paint pottles and brushes and pencils etc. in.It's 23.5x20.5x5.5 cm or 9.25x8x2.25 inch

It is for sale, you can message me here, I will have to check on the postage, but again I have to run now, this week seems so busy, but I will be back this evening.. 

 

  

Thoughts in yellow, green and blue

".. all theory my dear friend is gray,

but the golden tree of life springs ever green.."

 J.W.von Goethe

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I made another little (A5 size) coptic journal to play a bit with ideas, thoughts and mediums. This is the first page: a portrait done with Letraset markers. And a nice quote by J.W.von Goethe 

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All my kids classes are making journals this term (well I've sewn them up and they fill them ;) I will post some of their progress in the school site HERE  

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I also started the Flowerpress workshop on-line this week, you can find this one at One Little House HERE and the Fresco worshop on-line is still going at The Trodden Path HERE They are on-going and open to start whenever suits you. 

And the Winner is.......

TEE THOMPSON !

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Congratulations !

Looks like you can now make your husband a new flowerpress - Yay!

Come over to One Little House and I'll get you into the workshop. 

All the others, try again next time, there will be more give-aways in the near future :) In the mean time you can of course sign up for the Flowerpress workshop, classroom opening today too

♥ Happy Valentines Day ♥ 

 

Sanguine

"Sanguine" - mixed media on canvas 60 x 90 cm

sanguine [ˈsæŋgwɪn]

adj

1. cheerful and confident; optimistic

2. (esp of the complexion) ruddy in appearance

3. (Cookery) blood-red

4. an obsolete word for sanguinary [2]

 

 Summertime.....this painting gives me that feeling, a sort of a Mother Earth again, this time inspired by the beautiful Pohutukawa trees that grow and flower abundantly around this place where we live. They line the bays and the beaches and gaze peacefully over the ocean

Flowers to share ☼

Another one of my many things to share with you:

Here's a new exciting workshop that I will be starting on February 14th

That day just feels so right with all the love and flowers in the air.

Check out the  introduction video and come and join One Little House !

All Seasons Mixed Media FlowerPress - Intro from Joyce van der Lely on Vimeo.

TAP ! you're it !

I've got a lot on at the moment, so I will share bits as often as I can, here's what I want to share with you today !!
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T.A.P. = the Traveling Art Project 

T.A.P. - The Traveling Art Project from Joyce van der Lely on Vimeo.


an idea I had on my list for a while now

It is a FREE group to join at One Little House 

a great artist community where I also do some on-line workshops. 
Come visit, join in and 

feel free to GRAB a TAP button ;)

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Endless

12x12 inch deep canvas
Mixed Media with beeswax  
The Umbrella series show observations of things that just happened, just because...
 

This one is of the expected end of the Earth predicted to happen on 21-12-2012
Eventhough there is an endless amount of spacejunk threathening our planet, we seem to live on...and on...and on ...?

Fine Art Portfolio

2013 is a year of many changes for me and lots of hard work ahead.

I have set up a portfolio at Fine Art America where you can buy high quality prints in different sizes and on different substrates. 

Check it out , just follow this link: I have my two equine paintings on there at the moment :)