It’s Still C.O.O.L…

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Black and white has always been in style, so my “Cool Dude” is even cooler without his color. 🙂

Black And White Iguana Art – One Cool Dude 2

Mixed Media Collage Digital Painting

Sharon Cummings

2015

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Going With The F.L.O.W…

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It’s Monday.

I’ve got no particular plans.

The neighbor is mowing his lawn in earnest.

I realize that my own yard needs some attention.

It isn’t going to get it today.

I will let the rains give it some love.

The dogs are looking up at me.

Eager eyes and lolling tongues.

Balls have been thrown.

Morning yummies supplied.

A half finished painting.

Sits on my studio table.

Packages are ready to go out.

It isn’t looking good for either of those.

Needy things.

I think I will just go with the flow.

Today.

I’ve got no particular plans…

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Reinventing the Nude

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I have always enjoyed the female form for it’s interesting curves and shadows…at every turn there is a soft hill or burrow. In college I volunteered as a model for many figure drawing classes. I was always struck by how professional and non-sexual posing for a class was. Afterwards, many thanked me for my time and shook my hand. No one ever checked me out or came on to me.It was so very intriguing to walk around and see the many different ways that individual artists interpreted my body. Some making me Rubenesque while others took away my curves. Larger breasts. Smaller breasts. So many styles and creative minds.

 

“Vulnerable” is a very personal piece. A woman’s back has always seemed to me to be so very sensitive, tender and exposed. My Labor of Love pieces are one of my most recognizable and collected of my styles. It was a challenge to transform a painted medium onto the computer, but the results were fantastic. Sections of my Labor of Love arrangements hand sewn to form exquisite patterns. Stone Rock’d Art was born.She is on her way to becoming one of my best sellers…..feel her vulnerability.

 

“Suspended” is my favorite from this nude series.  I love the tension and mystery in the pose. Those are actually my legs, but I was not suspended. 😉 A photographer friend photographed me laying nude on the sideboard in my dining room.  I like to use myself or willing friends as models for my work as much as possible.  I had to round out my bottom for this piece of art because pressed against the hard wood left it looking a little flat. 😉 Can you feel the tension?

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Labor Day

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On Labor Day….I labor.  It is a day off for many and a time to sleep in and maybe BBQ. To me there is no better way to celebrate my labors than to create even more!  In the United States, Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of their country.

I am doing my part by contributing.  Right now I am working on a new series called the “Moda Series”.  These are modern pieces with clean lines and simple colors.  I enjoy the simplicity of them and the challenge to create balance with so few elements to work with.

Enjoy them here:

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NO FEAR

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I recently had an opportunity to stay on the 10th floor at the Lido Key Resort in Sarasota, Florida.  The view was spectacular!  Each evening we liked to sit on the balcony and watch the sea and sky with our dinner.  One night it got really dark and the sky became an ominous blue gray.  The sea looked black and spooky.  Out of nowhere this lone bird came into view just as I was snapping a photo.  We went inside, but he had “No Fear”…

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Reinventing The Nude

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I have always enjoyed the female form for it’s interesting curves and shadows…at every turn there is a soft hill or burrow.  In college I volunteered as a model for many figure drawing classes.  I was always struck by how professional and non-sexual posing for a class was. Afterwards, many thanked me for my time and shook my hand.  No one ever checked me out or came on to me.It was so very intriguing to walk around and see the many different ways that individual artists interpreted my body.  Some making me Rubenesque while others took away my curves. Larger breasts. Smaller breasts.  So many styles and creative minds.I am the model in most of my nude paintings and my husband is the photographer.”Vulnerable” is a very personal piece. A woman’s back has always seemed to me to be so very sensitive, tender and exposed. My Labor of Love pieces are one of my most recognizable and collected of my styles.  It was a challenge to transform a painted medium onto the computer, but the results were fantastic. Sections of my Labor of Love arrangements hand sewn to form exquisite patterns.  Stone Rock’d Art was born.She is on her way to becoming one of my best sellers…..feel her vulnerability by clicking the link below: 

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/vulnerable-stone-rockd-nude-art-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html