Art at school

My grandaughter´s school shows every year an exhibition with the students works. This is an example of what Taís did. The students are studying some Brazilian artists and this time was about Beatriz Milhazes. I feel very proud of her.

Sunshining -mixed media collage

Sunshining

This collage is part of the International Collage Exhibition, ICE in 2004,
organized by Dale Copeland.

Flowers

Gardening has took me a lot of time, and also give me inspiration to do some artwork, one way or another; with oil, acrylic, tissue, fiber , even some decoration in my home/studio.

Craft using a coffee filter

Crafts I make when I need to relax my mind.

Coffee filter craft

Pedestal

Pedestal

Although sometimes we feel like we are on a pedestal, and we also want to escape from it.

We always can change the way we look at life. Stand still or go to action - make art.

This is one of the collage I prepared for the 12th ICE, and I was not able to finish all 13 collages on time, so I am showing some of them here, but you´ll see more.

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Mandala

I have been working with MANDALAS.

I need concentration and activities that empty my mind to give me more space for my criativity. It has been an exercise for more focus.

My goals are the same.

This one I made for my son´s family. Another grandchild arrived. I am very happy. They are a blessing in my life.

Masks - collage

I am very curious and I like to try all different ways to express my feelings.

Some people don´t understand why I like to keep so much junk that is considered garbage. My intuition tells me " keep this", and I promised myself to follow my heart, always. Then, once in my studio, I looked around, sometimes I don´t know where to start, but as soon as I start working, something happens. I have been making ART for 30 years, I have made many exhibitions, in Brazil and abroad, I am still looking for my style. Do I need a style?

Did Picasso have a style? He painted in so many ways that he was unique, he was Picasso. And he said, " It took me 93 years to learn how to paint as a child".

I know life has taught me many different ways of living, and each day is a new day, and I am not the same. I am better as the time goes by. I feel I am happier now than when I was 20 y/o. I feel more confident and more tolerant than I used to be, I understand much more the "messages" I get now than the ones I got when I was younger. With age we learn to manage our time and life. Here is the ARTIST 24 HOURS: night and day I think about how is going to be the next work, painting or collaging. And I keep working...

It is much better being RED once than yellow all life.

I used to paint the papers before I am going to work with them. I try different colors and textures.