New Painting - Stage 1-3: Observing Nature

02/09/11 - Stage 3: Painting is taking on a life of its own. Using everything but a brush to paint this one...not quite sure what I'm trying to say with this one yet but I am enjoying the unusual process...feels like the last painting I will complete in this old apartment...



01/21/11 - Stage 2: Felt like painting this evening so I added to the bottom part of the painting. I have a full image of this painting and I know what I am trying to get across but don't quite feel like I have words for it yet but it's a new feeling arising from a transformative moment.



01/17/11 - Stage 1: Working on a new painting that was inspired by several sunsets I saw over the long weekend and some of the mountain images that crossed by path while driving this week. I have a strong image in my mind on this one but we'll see what develops...just feels good to paint today:)

New Painting - Stage 6: Painting completed

01/08/2011: Stage 6: - Finally feel like this one has reached completion. Leading with an open heart into the new year. The feel of the painting in person has such an open feeling to it and the energy and colors of the heart chakra just add to it. There's alot of mind, body, spirit connections going on in this piece...at least for me. Happy to have this one done;)




01/02/2011: Stage 5: - Discussed this one with a friend today...wasn't sure if I was finished or if the energy was now shifting to a different place...I'd say it's shifting...I think this one will be very different from where it started. Also ready to start a few new ones...need to borrow that truck for the giant canvas now;)




11/08/2010: Stage 4 - Starting to take shape and capture the vision I have for this one...love the feel of this one...



11/07/2010: Stage 3 - Deconstruction phase...it may not look like I know where I am going with this one but oh the vision is bright and beautiful...there are many layers to this one...




11/06/2010: It's been awhile since I felt like painting but I guess I just needed time and space to find my way back to the center of this particular piece...It's definitely a new look and feel then the series of paintings from this past year...looks like the music in the background continues to be jazz guitar...It'll feel good to continue with this one...has alot of meaning for me on a very personal level.




10/14/2010: I am starting a new series of paintings based on a powerful meditation I had...will be interesting to see what develops:) I listen to different music while I paint...Gipsy Kings, Bolero Gypsies, Armik, Estaban, Tribal, Reiki, Mana, Santana...really depends on my mood...I started listening to Anthony Mazzella most recently and his music is the right feel for this current process...

Final Art Show Submissions Chosen

I decided to submit:
Soul Print
Shamanic Journey
Transformation of Self
Unentitled Anger
Sacred Mountains
Mermaid in the Desert
Essence of Self
Embracing Release
Returning Home
Vibration of Self

So amazing to see them all together as a possible collection:) I wish I could start it with Reclamation of Self but the work has to be from the last 2 years and wow! what a feat...these are all from the last year!! Dream big and Dream often:)

Thanks for all the support!

Tricia

New Painting finally finished - Stage 1-5

10/10/10 - Stage 5: This one took me awhile to finish...had alot of self-imposed distractions but I have noticed that my painting style and color palette choices are changing...started happening after Maui...the energy has changed and morphed in the best way...I have a new series of paintings to start now that I have completed this cycle...one full year of painting...with the last painting reflecting movement of energy at its most vibrant and sensual level...



08/29/2010 - Stage 4: Thinking about womanhood and the flowing movement of dance...This was in a book I was re-reading today by Paulo Coelho:

For I am the first and the last
I am the venerated and the despised
I am the prostitute and the saint
I am the wife and the virgin
I am the mother and the daughter
I am the arms of my mother
I am the barren and my children are many
I am the married woman and the spinster
I am the woman who gives birth and she who never procreated
I am the consolation for the pain of birth
I am the wife and the husband
And it was my man who created me
I am the mother of my father
I am the sister of my husband
And he is my rejected son
Always respect me
For I am the shameful and the magnificent one.
Eleven Minutes
Hymn to Isis.



08/28/2010 - Stage 3: Feeling the need to paint and express myself today. I really enjoy the movement of this piece and I feel completely absorbed in it while I am working on it. The colors are vibrant and full of energy.



08/15/2010 - Stage 2: Adding more color and movement to my latest painting...for right now I guess the theme is movement but I can see my sweat lodge experience starting to show up in my color choices...



08/08/10 - Stage 1: This one is about movement...and that's all I will say about it for now. Canvas is 4ft high by 3 ft wide. It might wind up being a mix media piece by the time I finish with it.