New Little Faces

Spread love everywhere you go: First of all in your own house...kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness. ~ Mother Teresa 

 I told my students today that if you have passion for what you do you will find success as an artist. If you live your truth and are happy you can't go wrong. Here I am at 50. Nothing pulls me from making art. It's my comfort in the sea of madness that engulfs our world.

These little faces calm me. Fresh faced and freckles provide a sense of innocence that I still believe in. The past few weeks  have shown me that I need nice people around. Cut ties with the negative.

Kind people who think make my heart sing. Find a way to let your heart sing.

You've Got to Work It.

You've got to rework it is more like it. Normally my studio wall has pieces displayed that are either fresh made, ready for the gallery, or hate it and it's ready for "hammer time". Hammer time is when I take a hammer and smash the crap out of them. I mean I can't let yucky ones out there into the world. That would be so wrong.
So I have been reworking these. And now I am liking them. And it's taking my mind off this awful election.

New hair. New puppets, new body, feathers, wings. 

If life was only so easy.

Can you imagine how this would change bad hair days? I'd scoop out a new bob or braids. Take some fat off the thighs. Add wings. Perfect.

Just goes to show you, nothing is lost until it is... Or is it?

Holiday Doll Updates

I submitted my blog post for CreateMixedMedia yesterday where I updated the status on my Holiday Dolls.  Watch for that in the next week or two.

Somehow I haven't gotten any paint on the white bedding.

I have been using paint pens, micron pens and thread to decorate the dolls.

 Here you can see I have made a few different bodies.

So far I think I like these the best. But trust me the others will not go to waste. Enjoying the challenge, you should try something different too.

September Calendar Page

Happy Day! September is on the way. I love the sound of September partly because there's a happy birthday to my sister Virginia and me. Going to post images of some  new weird dogs I made later today or tomorrow. In the meantime, please feel free to use this calendar page for personal use on your computer desktop. Remember I always post a little twitter version @Vixterina.

February Calendar

My Goodness. This kitchen redo has me so distracted that I didn't post my February calendar! Shameful. As you know we've only got 28 days and I've already missed nearly a week.
Enjoy this calendar. The sculpture is Skipper and Peg from my personal collection.

Freestanding Figurative Sculptures

You've been asking, and I've been listening. Free standing figures that also hang on the wall. These figures are about 10 inches high. The bases are not the final ones, but I was dying to photograph the figures so I used what I had handy. A trip to the Home Depot and the chop saw are on the books for tomorrow.