29 Monday Aug 2016
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abstract art, art, calm, calming, calming art, contemporary art, green, green abstract, green art, modern art, relaxing art, soothing art
It doesn’t have to be a manic Monday. Take a moment to calm yourself with soothing colors and abstract shapes…Art for the soul.
Calm
Mixed Media Art Painting
Sharon Cummings
2016
26 Saturday Jul 2014
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abstract, abstract art, art, brown, browns, burnt orange, calming, candle, candles, carmel, coffee, coffee color, contemporary, earth toned, earthtone, earthy, fire, fires, flame, flames, heat, high contrast, hot, metal, metallic, modern, orange, orange and yellow, soothing, tone, warm, warming, warmth, yellow
01 Thursday May 2014
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affirmations, beauty, calming, colorful.water lily, Day, day spa, faith, floral, flower garden, flowers, lotus, massage, meditation, miracles, natural, nature, ordinary miracles, pink flower, pink lotus, poem, poet, poetic, poetry, pond, salon, salons, soothing, spa, spas, vibrant, zen, zen flower
Millions of seconds pass unnoticed
Boring and unremarkable
Life’s time clock
But one second can change everything
Just one
And everything is different
Everything
A birth
A death
An accident
A surprise
Just that one moment
Creates a cascade of transformation
Each second
Can be
An ordinary miracle.
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30 Thursday Jan 2014
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abstract, abstract art, archaeological, art, art for sale, Artist, big, blue, blue abstract, blue and yellow, blue art, blue painting, buy art, calm, calming, canvas, contemporary, decor, eclectic, flow, flowing, garnets, geological, gift, gifts, grace, graceful, large, meditation, modern, modern decor, movement, peaceful, red abstract, sea, sharon cummings, soothing, spa, space, texture, textures, tranquil, tranquility, transparency, transparent, unique, wall art, wall decor, yellow, yellow abstract, yellow and blue, yellow art, yellow painting
You create something beautiful of course! It’s not just lemonade. 😉 I have been super busy working on my licensing partner’s requests and commissions. I also have an upcoming show scheduled for March 2nd here in Tampa (more on that soon). But I still find time to create as it is a MUST for my soul. It clears my mind and calms my heart. Please enjoy my latest art!
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/renewal-spiritual-art-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html
10 Friday Jan 2014
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aromatherapy, botanical, botanical prints, bud, buds, calm, calming, cottage, essential oil, essential oils, field, fields, flora, floral, flower, flower garden, flowers, fragrant, france, french, french lavender, garden, health, herb, herb garden, herbs, homeopathy, lavender, lavender oil, macro, macro flower, macro photo, macro photography, micro, micro photography, natural healing, oils, peaceful, plant, plants, purple, relax, relaxation, relaxing, selby gardens, sleep, sleeping, traditional
As I continue my photographic journey I am realizing that a good picture has more to do with creativity than skill. Skills can be learned, but imaginative expression cannot. Having shifted my focus recently from my paint table to my camera, I am viewing the world a lot differently. I am not looking to simply copy what other photographers are doing. These days with the advent of virtually full-proof cameras, anyone can take a picture of a pretty flower and have it look really good. I am looking for things that are slightly different. Perfect flowers can be boring and I am anything but that. I seek out the slightly edgy or spent. I want flowers missing from the spray. I look for torn edges and unpopular subject matter. Sure, I will capture a perfectly beautiful rose when it happen to be in my visual path, but I am not looking for them.
This piece titled “Lavender Dance” was a single shoot with missing flowers in a patch of perfectly lovely lavender sprigs. I liked that nature had taken some of it’s beauty, yet left some for me to capture still….
My skill will improve over time and I hope my imagination will too!
30 Saturday Nov 2013
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abstract, abstract art, aqua abstract, archaeological, art, art for sale, Artist, big, blue, blue abstract, blue and aqua, blue art, blue painting, buy art, calm, calming, canvas, contemporary, decor, eclectic, flow, flowing, garnets, geological, gift, gifts, grace, graceful, large, meditation, modern, modern decor, movement, peaceful, purple, purple abstract, purple art, purple painting, sea, sharon cummings, soothing, spa, space, texture, textures, tranquil, tranquility, transparency, transparent, unique, violet, wall art, wall decor
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/violet-blue-abstract-art-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html
I have always had a fascination with light and shadow. In my latest work titled “Violet Blue” I have used aqua as light and violet blues as shadow to create depth and dimension. It has a fluidity as well that evokes a sense of watery movement. Sit back for a moment and relax your eyes and just let your vision get absorbed into the light….feel the calm energy that fills your mind….
26 Tuesday Nov 2013
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abstract, abstract art, archaeological, art, art for sale, Artist, big, buy art, calm, calming, canvas, contemporary, decor, eclectic, flow, flowing, garnets, geological, gift, gifts, grace, graceful, green, green abstract, green modern, jubilee, large, meditation, modern, modern decor, movement, peaceful, red abstract, red art, sea, sharon cummings, soothing, spa, space, texture, textures, tranquil, tranquility, transparency, transparent, unique, wall art, wall decor, yellow, yellow abstract, yellow and green, yellow art, yellow painting
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/jubilee-abstract-art-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html
Like most artists, I am most happy when I am creating. When it comes to the selling part it takes a great mental effort to “enjoy” the process. It is tedious and monotonous to do computer work. Listing and promoting. Listing and promoting. Answering emails. Ordering supplies. If only a wealthy patron would sponsor me so all I had to do was paint and create all day without even considering the business of selling art. While I am still waiting for that fantasy to come true, I soothe myself with those moments of utter jubilant joy when I can escape the dirty work and just create. O.k., painting is dirty too, but a good kind of dirty. 😉
Please enjoy my latest painting titled “Jubilee”. It was a real treat to create!
23 Saturday Nov 2013
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Sometimes you just gotta get fresh! I have been promoting past works heavily lately for the Holiday season and I have been painting custom work based on much older pieces. I love working with all of my creations, but sometimes I really need to create something new. After avoiding yellow for many years due to emotional reasons, I have found that it is showing up a lot lately. Something really bad happened to me that I used to associate with the color, so it is refreshing to see my soul embracing this light and life giving hue. Today I offer you some fresh lemons….I can almost smell them….
22 Friday Nov 2013
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abstract, abstract art, archaeological, art, art for sale, Artist, big, burnt orange, buy art, calm, calming, canvas, contemporary, crimson, decor, dye, dyes, earth, earth tone, earthtone, earthy, eclectic, flow, flowing, garnet, garnets, geological, gift, gifts, grace, graceful, large, meditation, modern, modern decor, movement, orange, peaceful, red, red abstract, reds, rust, rusty, rusty red, sea, sharon cummings, soothing, spa, space, strata, texture, textures, tones, tranquil, tranquility, transparency, transparent, unique, wall art, wall decor
Just for me….A Garnet Sea. I took yesterday to create work for my soul….just expressing what “I” wanted to feel. A break from the custom work and show pieces….Felt so good! And now I share it with you….
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/garnet-sea-abstract-art-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html
14 Monday Oct 2013
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air, alone, art, barren, barren tree, blue, blue sky, brances, branches, breeze, bridge, bright sky, cabin, calm, calming, camping, canvas, cloud, clouds, earth, elegant, fall sky, florida, foliage, forest, galaxy, green, hiding place, hiking, journey, landscape, landscapes, leafless, lonely, lonesome, meditation, minimal, minimalism, minimalist, mountain, natural, nature, note 3, paintings, path, peace, peaceful, photo, photograph, photography, photos, prints, relax, relaxing, samsung, samsung galaxy, samsung galaxy note 3, samsung galaxy note 3 camera, scenery, scenic, secret place, sharon cummings, sightseeing, silence, silent, simple, single, skies, sky, skyscape, skyscapes, solitude, soothing, spring sky, stroll, strolling, sumemr sky, tree, tree branch, tree branches, trees, walk, walking, wall art, white cloud, wilderness, wildflower, wildflowers, wind, winter sky, wood, wooden bridge, woods, woodsy
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/solitude-blue-sky-art-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html
Yesterday was one of those amazing Florida days where I wished everyone I knew could be enjoying the fresh air, the sunshine and all of the beauty that was embracing me. We took our new Samsung Galaxy Note 3 phones out into the wilderness to see what the cameras could do. I bought the phone for my business and that is what it is used for 90% of the time, but since we had heard so much about the photographic capacity of these new gadgets we gave them a whirl. There was no shortage of subject. The cameras took some really nice pictures, but no where near that of our DSLR’s. My favorite is the piece above titled “Solitude” as it expresses how I feel most of the time. Working from a home studio without coworkers and/or employees leaves me with a lot of alone time.
But I had the most fun playing with the panorama setting. This piece below turned out really cool and shows a true slice of Florida wilderness where man has intruded by building a bridge between the city world and the great outdoors:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/around-the-bend-sharon-cummings.html
Lastly, there were so many wildflowers blooming it was unreal. Some of these beauties were taller than I was with large golden and yellow fronds reaching into the sky. Really it was perfect and it turned out to be a lot less about the camera and a lot more about capturing the beauty…..
