holding hands ...

My art apron ...

a canvas in itself

holding abstract  memories

of

brush strokes

&

and hand wipes

***

When I work,

and in my art,

I hold hands

with God

~Robert Mapplethorpe~

my old artists portfolio ...

when I pull it out, Archer knows we will be a while in the studio

so he gets comfy :-)

thought I'd share a few of them here today

as I reminisce ♥

I really think this doggie needs a make over ...

a little  paint will turn him into a Black Labrador in no time

this old chair once sat in my garden ...

surrounded by brightly coloured zinnia

and I planted holly hock from seed one year.   they grew so tall along the fence ...

we always have lots of bunnies in our garden ...

 

old paintings of my daughter {and fellow nature lover}  when she was little ♥

and lots of unfinished pieces ...

so many teeny tiny violas!

we always had a budgie

and Jacob was my daughters pride and joy

he had the vocabulary of a young child

the most gorgeous green & yellow

they both made wonderful models...

and hamsters,

we always had hamsters,

and I've mentioned here before, how I would write little stories around our budgies and hamsters & create  homemade books...

this was a scene from one of the stories ...

 

a sketch of me cuddling my new born son ♥

24 years ago!

and Mama mouse cuddling her baby ...

and to show how old some of these sketches/watercolours are, I found one that was dated :-)

***

Every human

is an artist.

The dream of your life

is to make

beautiful art

~Miguel Angel Ruiz~