Into The Light

"Oh yes! He loved yellow, did good Vincent.

When the two of us were together in Arles, 

both of us insane, we were constantly at war 

over beautiful colors."
~ Paul Gauguin

"Into The Light"
~~~~~~~~16 x 12" Alcohol Ink On Yupo, matted to 20 x 16"~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~     ~~~After Vincent van Gogh's "Undergrowth"~~     ~~~~~~~~
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For the past couple of weeks, I seem to be obsessed with Vincent van Gogh's paintings. I've been seeing his works and reading stories about him everywhere online. I really enjoyed working in his color palette and interpreting his painting "The Undergrowth" on ceramic tile, posted here, earlier this month. I decided I wanted to try to paint the piece again only larger and in a vertical format, so here is my second attempt at it. You can see my first painting and Vincent's lovely painting here.

Thank you for your continued friendship and feedback.

Happy creating everyone!

X ♥  O

Birthday Wisdom

"Youth had been a habit of hers for 

so long that she could not part with it." 

~ Rudyard Kipling

"On The Night You Were Born"
4 x 4" Original Alcohol Ink on Ceramic Tile w/ easel ~ SOLD
email: sandy@sandysandy.com for purchase info.

This month's A.I. workshop Complete your own version of the painting above. 

$30. - Ceramic Tile and Display Easel Included.

Yesterday, Fat Tuesday, was my snowy birthday. Birthdays have, of course, lost some of their charm at my age. I must admit, it feels really good to be warmly treated and remembered by so many friends and family members though. 

Jerry and I spent the later part of birthday afternoon at the Borgota Casino & Hotel in AC playing $5,000 Bingo, surrounded by about 5,000 other senior folks. It was a good way to feel young on a 61st birthday. We weren't lucky at Bingo but had a delicious meal at the buffet and made just enough on the slots afterwards to pay for the Jeep window that had to be repaired this morning. We had to stuff cardboard in the track so it would stay up on the chilly ride home.

I saw an interview on TV recently of an elderly couple that had been married for 81 years. What struck me most about them was their joyful attitude towards each other and cheerful take on life in general. Although they were both approaching 100, they had not forsaken that idealistic, youthful glow. Their enthusiasm was inspiring.

"It is through the idealism of youth

that man catches sight of truth,
and in that idealism he possesses a wealth

which he must never exchange for anything else."
~ Albert Schweitezer

Thanks so much to you all for your birthday cards, emails,

wishes and especially your friendship,

X ♥  O

Happiness Is A By-Product ~ Sold

"If you observe a really happy man, you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing double dahlias in his garden, or looking for dinosaur eggs in the Gobi desert.  He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a collar button that has rolled under the radiator.  He will not be striving for it as a goal in itself.  He will have become aware that he is happy in the course of living life twenty-four crowded hours of the day." ~ W. Beran Wolfe

"Nature's Voice"
6 x 6" Alcohol Ink on Ceramic Tile w/ display easel
$55.00 - $67.00 Click here for more info. or to purchase

"Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product." 

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Happy creating everyone!

Thanks so much for your friendship,

X ♥  O

A Very Vincent Day ~ How Lovely Yellow Is!

"How lovely yellow is! 

It stands for the sun." 

~ Vincent van Gogh

The Day started with my usual social networking and web cruising. My meandering ended up bringing me to my old blog post on Vincent van Gogh from 2012, when I attended the exhibit of his work in Philadelphia. I made an album on my facebook art page with some of his works from that post and got inspired all over again. Using his color palette from one of my favorite VVG paintings, I did these three paintings on ceramic tiles today.

"You're In My Dreams"

6 x 8" Alcohol Ink on Ceramic Tile

"On The Road to Arles"

4 x 4" Alcohol Ink on Ceramic Tile

"Out Of The Woods"

6 x 8" Alcohol Ink on Ceramic Tile

SOLD

Painting by Vincent van Gogh

Happy creating everyone!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your continued friendship and feedback!

X ♥  O

Alcohol Ink Workshops ~ An Artistic Adventure

“The purpose of life is to live it, 

to taste experience to the utmost, 

to reach out eagerly and without fear 

for newer and richer experience.” 

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

"Mind-Blowing Moon Dance"

8 x 10" Dbl. Matted Alcohol Ink on Yupo

email: sandy@sandysandy.com for purchase info.

The Alcohol Ink Workshop went really well at CFA on Saturday. It was a great group and a fun-filled, stimulating experience for everyone; myself included. I provided the instruction on techniques and the participants dove right in with their creative interpretations. It was wonderful to see how each artist approached the exercises a little  differently, with their own panache and style. This created excitement as we worked and shared. There were lots of laughs and OOhs and Ahs! 

Sandy Sandy's Alcohol Ink Workshop at CFA - 2-7-15

You can see more photos from this workshop on

my facebook art page. 

My next workshop at CFA is scheduled for May 9th. See all my workshop information here.

"IT'S AN ARTISTIC ADVENTURE!" ~ Irvane S.

Happy creating everyone!

As always, thanks so much for your friendship and feedback!

X ♥  O

30 Paintings in 30 Days ~ Six Days Later

"When you're experimenting, 

you have to try so many things 

before you choose what you want. 

And you may go days, 

getting nothing but exhaustion." 

~ Fred Astaire

 

"Wisps and Whims" 7 x 5" Alcohol Ink on Canvas Board email: sandy@sandysandy.com for purchase info.

"Wisps and Whims"

7 x 5" Alcohol Ink on Canvas Board

email: sandy@sandysandy.com for purchase info.

 

"Listen to the Music" 7 x 5" Alcohol Ink on Canvas Board email: sandy@sandysandy.com for purchase info.

"Listen to the Music"

7 x 5" Alcohol Ink on Canvas Board

email: sandy@sandysandy.com for purchase info.

 

"All Together Now" 7 x 5" Framed Alcohol Ink on Canvas Board Collection email: sandy@sandysandy.com for purchase info.

"All Together Now"

7 x 5" Framed Alcohol Ink on Canvas Board Collection

email: sandy@sandysandy.com for purchase info.

While compiling my Fifth 30 Paintings In 30 Days Collection, I did a lot of work that didn't make it onto the blog or into the collage. The two little paintings above were done last month along with "Like Words of Poems" from Day 19. A friend told me that it was her least favorite of the entire month. I told her that these pieces don't photograph very well because there is a lot of texture which I explained on 1/19. I think they look pretty cute as a framed set and I hate to break them up, so I will sell them to some lucky collector - all 3 framed and ready to hang or display on a table top or shelf for the price of 2 unframed!

I have been very busy experimenting and getting ready for my Alcohol Ink workshop this Saturday! It is filled but there are still some spots available for auditing.

Things have been really quiet online since the challenge ended. Almost zero action from the bloggie artists in the 30 in 30! LOL! I can relate. It feels so good to slow down in that department, but I thought I'd better throw a post up today before I loose my momentum entirely or I forgot how to do it! 

I hope everyone is well and warm, getting caught up on non-arty stuff and happily creating at a slower, more comfortable pace.

Thanks so much for all your comments and camaraderie!

I miss you guys.

X ♥  O