EDUARDO RECIFE, this week’s inspiring artist for art challenge group, DIGITALMANIA, (https://www.flicker.com/groups/digitlmania,) is an artist, illustrator and typographer from Brazil known for his distinct collage style combining vintage imagery, magazine cuts, textures,, stains and many details and symbols…very interesting art. He’s actually one of my favorites. I had fun trying to emulate his style. Here are some of his works…
and here’s what he inspired in me…
Thanks for stopping by. Wishing you a healthy, joy-filled week ahead. Hope to see you next posting.
MY LIFE IN 6 WORDS: Let the past make you better...
Buddha was a philosopher, spiritual teacher and religious leader who lived in ancient India 2,600 years ago. Not a God, he’s revered as the founder of the world religion of Buddhism. Buddha is not a name…his name was Siddhartha Gautama. Buddha is a title. It’s a Sanscrit word that means “a person who is awake.” Awake to what…the true nature of reality, freed from the “fog” of hate, greed and ignorance. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all work towards being free of that fog?
This week, SUNDAY POSTCARD ART (sundaypostcardaart.wordpress.com) honors Buddha by making him it’s theme. Here’s my tribute to the man and the practice of Buddhism that I so greatly admire.
Buddha is also revered in many Asian countries. This week, challenge blog TAKE A WORD (takeaword.blogspot.com) has declared it’s theme to be ASIAN. I could use Buddha to satisfy this theme, but chose to do this instead…
Inspired by a man I saw in a restaurant, in a small town in China…
… and this is a young monk we saw while visiting a monastery in Myanmar.
THE THREE MUSES (thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com) chose THE WRITTEN WORD as their theme for the week.
That’s it for now…wishing you a week that may start you on your path towards “enlightenment” …or help you continue your pursuit…and always, wishing you good health.
MY LIFE IN 6 WORDS: Working out again…back in shape!
Hi Folks, I hope this posting finds you well and enjoying the season as best you can. I’m still staying pretty close to home, however I do spend some time working out to try to get back in shape as well as visiting with friends on a limited basis. Life is beginning to open up, but we’re still being very cautious. I pray you are as well.
This week I participated in two online art challenges. It’s so enjoyable to create something from nothing…I do love the process of building a digital art piece. For SUNDAY POSTCARD ART, (sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com) the theme was CONVERSATIONS. I enjoyed this theme so much I created two pieces…
… and for DIGITAL WHISPER, (digitalwhisper.blogspot.com) the theme was SHATTERED. My art is reminiscent of some time we spent in one of Morocco’s fabulous marketplaces…it’s crazy busy with people as well as animals…all feelings of having a peaceful saunter-SHATTERED! So many things to assault the senses…so much excitement and interest. This piece reminds me how visitors and residents alike need to be aware of their surroundings.
Wishing you the best in the week ahead. Stay safe and wear a smile under your mask!
Hi Dear Ones, It’s almost the weekend , RELAX time…not that my life is particularly hectic. But, I’ve started working out again and am thrilled to be slowly creeping out of my bubble. Hard to imagine it’s August already and summer fun here in New York is just beginning. Mask wearing and hand washing is still a must for those of us who are responsible members of our communities…no big deal and the right thing to do. It’s still hard to think that Michael and I are considered ELDERLY, but it’s a fact…and we need to be extra careful! Creating art, listening to music and reading good books help to ease concerns.
For example, I participated in two fun art challenges for this week: TAKE A WORD (takeaword.blogspot.com) set their theme to be TRAVEL. With an aching heart at not being permitted to visit my dear friends (families) in Ethiopia, I created this piece…
and for DIGITAL WHISPER (digitalwhisper.blogspot.com,) the theme is TEARS…appropriate for my feelings of missing dear ones both far and near. We haven’t seen our daughter and grandkids since January (except on FaceTime.)Here’s my TEARS…
Stay safe, dear ones. Hope to see you for my next posting.
MY LIFE IN 6 WORDS: Collages embrace many moments in time…
Australian artist LEE McKENNA loves to create collages. To her, they’re like found paper treasures embracing “imperfections of old, used , discarded and damaged papers…papers that depict moments in time, often bearing marks and traces of a past life and the human hand.” DIGITALMANIA (https://www.flicker.com/groups/digitalmania) art challenge group has introduced us to Lee…to inspire us to create in her style. Here are a coupleof her creations…
This week’s task set up by art challenge group SUNDAY POSTCARD ART (sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com) is to create art including a mirror or mirrors. It was a fun challenge…
There’s been so much in the news about the horrors of racism…I guess I did this piece just to weigh in with my feelings…that racism is an abomination and a very dark side of humanity. Existing since the beginning of time, I wonder if it will ever change…I pray that someday, it will be as President Abraham Lincoln wished…that “all men (and women) are created equal.”
TAKE A WORD art challenge (takeaword.blogspot.com) requested that artists include a circle in their art piece. Ok…here it is!
Finally, THE THREE MUSES (thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com) made it rain…we needed to include an umbrella in our art…
MY LIFE IN 6 WORDS: Summer sun warms body and soul…
Summer branches yawn
breezes tickle my toes…
snowfall sky ahead 🙂
I don’t know if THE THREE MUSES (thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com) was thinking SUMMER when they called for artists to create a masculine themed piece of art, but I took it that way and ran with it.
Hunky swimsuit models of yesteryear…
Hope you’re enjoying YOUR summer in safety and in good health.
MY LIFE IN 6 WORDS: This weekend brings sunshine and rain.
Middle Agesdoesn’t refer to my age, as I guess I’m considered elderly by today’s standards. I certainly don’t feel it!! It seems that SUNDAY POSTCARD ART (sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com) has requested art with a Middle Ages or medieval theme. Since I’m in the process of creating a Middle Ages-themed deck of cards, this fits right into my plans. Here are two of what will be a 52 card deck of giant cards.
In the Middle Ages, manuscripts were either illuminated or plain. An illuminated manuscript is one in which the text is supplemented with such decoration as initials, borders and miniature illustrations. My deck of cards is inspired by the illuminated manuscripts. They were magnificent works of art…like these…
MY LIFE IN 6 WORDS:Racial inequality makes my heart ache!
The online art challenge blog, TAKE A WORD (takeaword.blogspot.com) has asked participating artists to build on the theme “sheet music.” My piece of art is based on one of my favorite times in the cultural history of our country…The Harlem Renaissance. An intellectual, social and artistic explosion spanning the 1920’s centered in Harlem, New York City, but it influenced cultural expression all over the world. Innovations in music with the birth of jazz, in poetry, literature, art and stage performance were born.
A professional trumpet player that’s very dear to me (and Caucasian,) wrote: “I can not even remotely imagine what it is like to be a person of colour in the racist landscape of North America. I am grateful that I have friends of colour. I am grateful that 95% of my trumpet idols are Black. I am a guest in the house of Black American music. I cannot know your pain, but I sure feel it…” I say, AMEN to his comment, with the ongoing prayer that it will change.
