A Little Summer C.O.O.L…

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Yesterday was hot hot hot!

Today is cool cool cool!

A little shade.

A little breeze.

“Tropical Shadows”

New Art by

Sharon Cummings.

I C.A.N.T……Stop!

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I just cannot stop the creative process. Years ago, I was always a little sad when I finished a painting, sold it and sent it off to it’s new home. It meant that it was over. My baby had grown up and moved away. But with today’s digital technology, I can keep creating long after the initial painting is finished. My work lives on in other forms. How cool is that!

I can scan gigantic files of my work and crop out abstracts like this:

Or I can combine the crops and create mirror image work like this one:

It’s all so magical to me. 🙂 And I will not stop!

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Got Spring Fever?

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Spring has sprung in Florida!  The weather is absolutely perfect.  The azaleas are blooming in glorious hot pink beauty.  The grass is greening up.  Bees are buzzing.  My orchids are budding. And then there is the pollen.  Aaaaaachooo!!  Yup, I get allergies bad this time of the year and that sticky yellow stuff gets in my nose, eyes and lungs and I spend my time indoors or masked. If I venture outside I wear a hat (so it doesn’t get in my hair), a mask and glasses.  I shower before bed and keep my sheets as clean as possible.  It only lasts about a month or so like this, but it is a wait.  What to do?  Create of course!  I love the LOOK of Spring and decided to keep it positive with this fun and whimsical piece today.

This work is a mixed media piece combining some of my Labor of Love paintings with a stock background and graphic elements.  A real joy to put together. 🙂  Enjoy!

 

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It’s a NEW YEAR…Time for an Energy Shift…

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I’d like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year!  For me 2013 was a mixed bag as I had a tremendous amount of success with my business and a great renewal of love with my husband and daughter, but I had some serious upheaval in my personal life.  I lost a beloved dog, a best friend and also had to disconnect from some of my family members.  2014 is full of promise and it is time for an energy shift!  I will be doing things this year that I have never done in every aspect of my life.  Life is for living and I plan do do a lot more of that this year!  Hold on to your hats…..it’s gunna be a wild ride!

Simple Pleasures….

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I will be busy this week with family and Thanksgiving festivities….went down south today to spend some time with relatives who flew in from Colorado….It was a little chilly for a beach day, but this little girl was determined to enjoy herself.  She was so caught up in the simple joy of digging in the sand when her parents graciously let me take a few quick snaps….aaaahhhhh I remember….

I am on F.I.R.E.!!!

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Ever had a moment when you realize that all of the good you have been dreaming of just starts to happen to you?  When you find yourself surrounded by positive and life affirming people? New friends show up in your life that bring you happiness and good times?  Your career just takes off in an upward direction with no slowing down in sight?  Where your family life is a comfort, support and joy to be in?  Where you feel at your physical best?  I am sooooo there!! It has not happened by accident and it certainly was not an overnight.  I’ve have had to make some tough decisions in the past year with regard to certain friendships that had to go.  Even some family members had to be removed for my emotional well being.  I have also had to work really hard at my business to see the results I believed I could achieve.  I have had some therapy with some loved ones to work out long standing issues.  And I have made some changes to my diet and lifestyle.  The key word here is CHANGE….The things around me weren’t changing on their own…I had to actually do something!  Those “somethings” have been some of the hardest things I have had to do.  But now that I have made the necessary adjustments to my life, I am on FIRE!!

Dark Swan

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This piece was discovered while I was creating a colorful abstract painting.  I say “discovered” because often when I create, I simply apply the medium and and the work reveals itself.  Michelangelo said it best:  I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.  I will wash, blow and splatter everything away from the painting until I find it.  “Dark Swan” appeared to me and really spoke to my soul.  It is dark, but there is lightness there also.  Just like the soul…..

See more of her here:

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I have really been working hard lately.  I am not sure why but I have more creative energy than I have ever had.  So I will leave you with another Michelangelo quote which best describes what I do each day: If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.

 

Odyssey – Life is a Journey

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It has been said there are many roads but only one journey.  I have always liked that. Right now I feel as if I am on an odyssey with my artwork.  It is growing and expanding in directions that I never imagined it would.  I see no limits to what I can do.  I am also branching out from the traditional paint and list model.  I am really getting into my digital work and find it comes to me with ease and joy.  And best of all they are selling which gives me satisfaction in my work as well….I’ve got my creativity shoes on and will continue to see where this road takes me….

 

The Dancer

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There is something very musical in the way I paint.  The fluidity feels a lot like dancing.  In fact, sometimes I do dance while I work.  I always have music playing and this piece is a pure reflection of me…my art….The Dancer:

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Getting Layered…

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It only sounds “naughty”.  I recently purchased some translucent Yupo which is quite different from the white Yupo I normally enjoy painting on.  I started slinging paint and found that it didn’t quite look as vibrant as I normally like, so I stacked a few up and set them aside.  Later I came back to the stack and realized that the “layers” actually created a cool image.  “Vitality” is a combination of 3 paintings stacked one on top of the other with the translucence allowing a small amount of each to show.  I will be getting layered again real soon. 🙂

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