30 Paintings in 30 Days ~ With Many Thanks ~ Day 31

"With arms outstretched, I thank.

With heart beating gratefully, I love.

With body in health, I jump for joy.

With spirit full, I live."

~Terri Guillemets

Abstracts in Alcohol Ink by Sandy Sandy
 30 Paintings in 30 Days - January 2015
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I am so very grateful to have the opportunity to participate in this challenge and to create art everyday. It is invigorating to push my artistic boundaries while being supported and inspired by so many great artists online. Today I am pleased to present this retrospective collage of artwork which represents my Fifth 30 Paintings In 30 Days Collection. 

Each number and title links to a larger view with painting details

and the post associated with each piece.

1.) Wash Away Worry          2.) Moon Dance          3.) Dreaming of Spring 

4.) Visiting Ideas         5.) Instant Vacation         6.) It's Complicated 

7.) Go With The Flow         8.) Reach For The Stars         9.) Made Of Stardust 

10.) Precious Pearl          11.) Animal Sightings          12.) A Happy Place 

13.) Tears Are Only Water          14.) Color Of  Winter          15.) Hold Fast 

16.) The Heartbeat          17.) Face It With Courage          18.) Find The Way 

19.) Silent Poetry          20.) Moonlight Magic          21.) Silence is Pure 

22.) Never Ending Journey          23.) Take A Risk          24.) Difficult Muse 

25.) The Flow          26.) The Masks We Wear          27.) A Breath Of Fresh Air 

28.) The Beaten Path                29.) Color My World          30.) Put Soul Into It

I would really love to know which painting(s)

speaks to you and why. 

I've said it many times before, but I'll repeat it here again; I am so very thankful for all the wonderful support and feedback I've received from you blogging and facebook friends! You have helped me more than you know. You light up the path I travel, every step along the way.

Thanks Again and Happy creating!

X ♥  O

30 Paintings in 30 Days ~ Put Your Soul Into It ~ Day 30

"When you do a thing, 

do it with all your might. 

Put your whole soul into it. 

Stamp it with your own personality. 

Be active, be energetic and faithful 

and you will accomplish your object." 

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Heart And Soul"

~~~~~6 x 6" Alcohol Ink on Gessoed Hardboard~~~~~

email: sandy@sandysandy.com for purchase info.

6 x 6" panels come ready to hang with a display easel option.
These are textured gessoed studio panels from Blicks.
It's got a surface all its own. I really like the way it handles the inks. 
Click on the Blick link at the top of the right hand column here
on my blog and search item # 13612-0066.

I am relieved and a little sad to see the

JANUARY 2015 / 30 in 30 CHALLENGE

come to an end.

I wasn't sure I was going to do the 30 in 30 again this time, but I'm really glad I did. Like all the others, it has been a great experience. I've expand my comfort zone and been inspired by all the awesome art online that was created throughout the month. A big thank you goes out to Leslie Saeta for hosting the challenge and to all the busy people who took time out to visit my blog and especially to those of you who offered your friendship, feedback and support which really kept me going. 

Stop back tomorrow to see my collage of all 30 abstract paintings completed during the course of the month.

Thanks again for your friendship and support.
"No matter what accomplishments you make,

somebody helped you."
~ Althea Gibson

X ♥  O

30 Paintings in 30 Days ~ Color My World ~ Day 29

"I never wanted color to be color. 

I never wanted texture to be texture, 

or images to become shapes. 

I wanted them all to fuse together 

into a living spirit." 

~ Clyfford Still

"Intangible Communication"

~~~~~16 x 20" Alcohol Ink on Gessoed Hardboard~~~~~

email: sandy@sandysandy.com for purchase info.

In need of some color, this lively piece now hangs in our telecommunication center.

I am happy to report that my Feb. 7th Alcohol Ink Workshop at Center for the Arts of Southern NJ has been filled, but there are still spots available for auditing for those of you who would just like to hang out and watch.

Thanks so very much for your friendship.

X ♥  O

30 Paintings in 30 Days ~ Off The Beaten Path ~ Day 28

"The painter, being concerned only 

with giving his impression, 

simply seeks to be himself 

and no one else." 

~ Claude Monet

"On The Way To Giverny"

~~~~~6 x 6" Alcohol Ink on Gessoed Hardboard~~~~~

email: sandy@sandysandy.com for purchase info.

Wow, there's only 2 days left in the 30 in 30 challenge! Woo Hoo! It really was a wonderful adventure into painting abstracts this time around. I began with a basic idea, but as I worked, often the inks took over. "Then there is the struggle between the idea I preconceived and the picture that fights for its own life."*

The hard part for me, is not so much to paint everyday, but it is the pressure to put myself and my work out there without letting it mellow for a couple of days. I know this is also true for many of you other artist friends participating. 

In a sometimes rushed frame of mind, it was hard to be satisfied with something enough to stop, without analyzing and working it to death. There were a few hectic days where I painted and destroyed many pieces. 

So, from a five time veteran, I just want to be the first to say; 

CONGRATULATIONS, you did it!! 

And I KNOW at times it certainly wasn't easy!

* George Baselitz

"We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome." ~ Robert G. Allen 

Thanks so very much for your friendship and support.

X ♥  O

30 Paintings in 30 Days ~ A Breath of Fresh Air ~ Day 27

“Change the way you look at things 

and the things you look at change.” 

 ~Wayne W. Dyer

"Open Window To The World"

~~~~~6 x 6" Alcohol Ink on Gessoed Hardboard~~~~~

email: sandy@sandysandy.com for purchase info.

“No one else has access to the world you carry around within yourself; you are its custodian and entrance. No one else can see the world the way you see it. No one else can feel your life the way you feel it .” ~ John O'Donohue

Today I did something different and it was the start of a very good day. The world outside is fresh and clean with new fallen snow and the world inside is once again at peace; joyful, productive and invigorating.

Thank you once again for your support, friends;

"Looking out the window, 

I see you looking in. 

You are the sunshine, 

That fills my soul.” 

~ Giorge Leedy

X ♥  O

30 Paintings in 30 Days ~ The Masks We Wear ~ Day 26

“We all wear masks, and the time comes 

when we cannot remove them without 

removing some of our own skin.” 

~ André Berthiaume

"Incidental Disguise"

8 x 10" Alcohol Ink on Gessoed Hardboard

email: sandy@sandysandy.com for purchase info.

“Don’t you, when strangers and friends come to call, straighten the cushions, kick the books under the bed and put away the letter you were writing? How many of us, want any of us, to see us as we really are? Isn’t the mirror hostile enough?”  ~ Jeanette Winterson

Do you see what I see? This one was another attempt at yesterday's painting and is one that could be viewed from different positions. This orientation really struck me with something. I don't want to say what exactly and spoil it, but I'm wondering if anyone else will see it too. It's late and we are expecting a blizzard here tonight and tomorrow! I haven't eaten dinner, I've got 30in30 burnout and it's time to go veg out,  so I'll visit with ya'll  in the morning! Can hardly wait to see what's been cookin'!

I hope you are warm and in a happy place!

Thanks again for your generous support and friendship. 

X ♥  O